How ‘Predator: Badlands’ Director Dan Trachtenberg Reinvented the Franchise – Again

How ‘Predator: Badlands’ Director Dan Trachtenberg Reinvented the Franchise – Again


What was meant to rejuvenate the franchise instead seemed like the nail in the coffin of a series that had already been through two inglorious “Alien” crossover movies and a movie where Adrien Brody took on the Predator and won. He’s supposed to be the galaxy’s greatest hunter and he comes to Earth and gets his ass kicked every time,” Trachtenberg told TheWrap about the seeds of “Predator: Badlands,” which makes the Predator the protagonist and teams him up with an android played by Elle Fanning. “A lot of kids have grown up with Star Wars and Marvel as their only sci-fi tale and this movie is really aggressive, in a way that I always wished I was allowed to see and never could,” Trachtenberg said of “Badlands,” the first PG-13 entry in the franchise.

Author: Drew Taylor


Published at: 2025-11-07 14:15:00

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