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New Predator Film Links Alien Franchise, Premieres November 2025

11/2/2025

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Predator: Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg, ties the Predator and Alien franchises through Weyland-Yutani and premieres on November 7, 2025.
Elle Fanning plays Thia, a synthetic created by Weyland-Yutani.
The film features MU/TH/UR in the Alien universe, with Tessa as another Weyland-Yutani creation.
Trachtenberg says there are no xenomorphs, though speculation persists about a possible appearance.
The plot centers on Dek, young Predator, hunting a dangerous creature on Genna.

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Story summary

Predator: Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg, ties the Predator and Alien franchises through Weyland-Yutani and premieres on November 7, 2025.
Elle Fanning plays Thia, a synthetic created by Weyland-Yutani.
The film features MU/TH/UR in the Alien universe, with Tessa as another Weyland-Yutani creation.
Trachtenberg says there are no xenomorphs, though speculation persists about a possible appearance.
The plot centers on Dek, young Predator, hunting a dangerous creature on Genna.