PREDATOR: BADLANDS CinemaCon Trailer Reveals Savage Footage, a Brutal Alien World, and Unexpected Alliance

At CinemaCon, Disney gave fans a first look at Predator: Badlands, and this one was not what I was expecting. Director Dan Trachtenberg, who reinvigorated the franchise with Prey in 2022, is back—and he’s turning the tables in ways that could surprise even the most die-hard fans.

While we’re still waiting on details about the mysterious animated Predator project he’s also developing, Badlands is stepping into the spotlight with a wild new concept… what if a Predator hunter isn’t the monster hunting humans this time?

Elle Fanning said during the CinemaCon presentation, “Something unprecedented happens in this movie. My character teams up with the Predator and you see him in a new light.”

The trailer opens with an eerie visual of a lair stacked with skulls. Fanning’s voice cuts in:

“I didn’t think you survived.” The camera sweeps across a desolate alien world. A spaceship slices through the sky. This is not Earth. Everything from the terrain to the wildlife is unrecognizable and hostile.

“The deadliest hunter returns to the big screen,” flashes across the screen. The Predator walks alone along a mountain ridge.

Fanning’s character is shown with white, rolled-back eyes and it looks like something otherworldly is clearly going on. The tone is dark, gritty, and intense. This is described in the trailer as “a planet of hurt.”

But the biggest twist in the story is the Predator is the one being hunted. And the new monsters? They’re enormous, grotesque, and terrifying.

“You’re hunting something that can’t be killed,” Fanning’s character says, as the trailer ramps up.

Then, we get an awesome shot of The Predator with his hair tied back, and he lets out that iconic four-fanged snarl. He’s facing a hulking beast that leaps into the scene, and the footage ends.

This is Predator like we haven’t seen before and is less slasher-from-the-trees, more intergalactic underdog survival thriller and it looks awesome!

Predator: Badlands hits theaters November 7.