Overview
- Producer Ben Rosenblatt called securing Schwarzenegger's comeback the franchise's "holy grail" and said the team wants to make it happen.
- Rosenblatt confirmed Dan Trachtenberg has met Schwarzenegger multiple times and described the actor as interested and supportive of their recent work.
- The filmmakers say conversations will continue after Predator: Badlands is released, with no deal or casting announcement at this stage.
- Schwarzenegger recently voiced Dutch in the animated Predator: Killer of Killers epilogue that links Dutch, Mike Harrigan, and Naru across timelines.
- Trachtenberg said Badlands features the Weyland-Yutani corporation and an Elle Fanning synth as light Alien tie-ins, and the film opens Nov. 7.