Predator: Badlands

Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dan Trachtenberg
Screenplay by	Patrick Aison;
Story by	Patrick Aison; Dan Trachtenberg;
Based on	Characters; by Jim Thomas; John Thomas;
Produced by	John Davis; Brent O'Connor; Marc Toberoff; Dan Trachtenberg; Ben Rosenblatt;
Starring	Elle Fanning; Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi;
Cinematography	Jeff Cutter
Edited by	Stefan Grube; David Trachtenberg;
Music by	Sarah Schachner; Benjamin Wallfisch;
Production; companies	Lawrence Gordon Productions; Davis Entertainment; Toberoff Entertainment;
Distributed by	20th Century Studios
Release dates	November 3, 2025 (TCL Chinese Theatre); November 7, 2025 (United States);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$105 million
Box office	$184.6 million

Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. The seventh installment in the Predator franchise, and set after the events of The Predator (2018), it 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 Corporation android.

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.