Badlands , he asked himself one question: “What hasn’t been done in the franchise before?” The answer led him to a great idea, a Predator story without humans at its center. Following the success of his 2022 hit Prey ,

Predator: Badlands is a detour in the Predator series that works more than it doesn’t. That said, it is worrisome that the series might lose more of its identity if Trachtenberg continues down certain routes. The last thing we need is Dek becoming a Marvel-esque hero and Predators no longer being antagonists.

Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg weighs-in on the movie's open-ended denouement and how a potential sequel could play

The latest Predator instalment by the 20th Century Studios/Disney’s created a tsunami at the box office with $80M global opening in its opening weekend, according to Deadline. Out of $80M, $40M has come from the international market.

Linguist Britton Watkins came up with a Yautja phrase that speaks to what makes Predator: Badlands work, even though it's not actually in the movie.

Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg has revealed that his first idea for the new movie involved a period setting – and Nazi hunting.