Predator: Badlands

Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fictionaction film directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. It is the seventh installment in the Predator franchise. The film stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in leading roles. The story follows Dek, a young exiled Yautja, who crash-lands on a hostile planet and must prove himself worthy of the hunt by killing an apex predator, leading him to form an alliance with Thia, a Weyland-Yutani Corporationandroid.

Following the success of Prey (2022), Trachtenberg returned to direct two additional films in the franchise. Badlands was announced to be releasing in 2025 after another Predator film, which would later turn out to be Predator: Killer of Killers (2025).

Predator: Badlands premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2025, and was released in the United States on November 7, by 20th Century Studios. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $184 million worldwide.