With SDCC 2025 in full sway and Predator: Badlands premiering the first 15 minutes of the film at the event, IGN has taken the time to interview the director of the upcoming film, Dan Trachtenberg, along with co-stars Elle Fanning, who is playing the Weyland-Yutani synthetic named Thia and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, who will be playing the main protagonist Predator named Dek. Be sure to check out video for all of the details.

They talk about which video games inspired the film, which we’ve previously covered, along with the reportedly intense spine ripping scene, having both of the co-stars learn the newly developed Predator language and the stunt work that was involved which we also covered recently. In a question about which Predator weapons they got to work with, Fanning does mention that her favorite weapon is the shoulder cannon. She also discusses and compares her work in Death Stranding 2 to Predator: Badlands.

Predator: Badlands SDCC 2025 Interview With Director Dan Trachtenberg, Co-Stars Elle Fanning & Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi

When the question about a shared universe between Alien: Earth, Alien: Romulus and its in production sequel and Predator: Badlands came up, Trachtenberg said that none of the mentioned entries are required homework to be enjoyed fully. He does explain that if the new entries are successful, that it would be nice to see them come together in a fun way. Although, Trachtenberg emphasizes that he is very cautious about a push to establish a cinematic universe and crossovers, so that it doesn’t just feel like smashing action figures together, instead he hopes that the properties get combined in a much more elegant way.

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