SFX Magazine has unveiled its latest cover, and it features some striking new artwork for Predator: Badlands.<\/p>\n
This latest look at Dan Trachtenberg’s highly-anticipated Prey follow-up spotlights Dek, a young Yautja who will be introduced as the franchise’s first Predator protagonist. and Thia, a Weyland-Yutani synth played by Elle Fanning. This mismatched pair will become unlikely allies as they\u00a0traverse an inhospitable planet with danger lurking around every corner.<\/p>\n
Trachtenberg has previously described Dek as the “runt of the litter,” adding, “He\u2019s a thing of few words, pretty blunt. He cuts straight to the point. Literally and figuratively.”<\/p>\n
The filmmaker also addressed the decision to flip the script somewhat by making one of the lethal alien hunters one of the movie’s heroes.<\/p>\n
“That feels like a big idea, not just within Predator, but in sci-fi generally. In most sci-fi universes, the \u2018creatures\u2019 are either bad guys or sidekicks. In [Badlands] it\u2019s: ‘What if you were with the creature on this crazy mission to prove itself, seeing everything through its eyes?'”<\/p>\n
“After Prey, I had three ideas,” he continued. “One was Killer Of Killers, one was Badlands and one…I haven\u2019t done yet. So, there are other awesome ideas and time periods it\u2019d be exciting to explore, and all that\u2019s been part of our discussion for [what\u2019s next].”<\/p>\n
In a separate interview, Trachtenberg revealed that Badlands was inspired by the Shadow of the Colossus video game.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs inspired as I am by movies, I\u2019ve been very inspired by video games [like] Shadow of the Colossus, where you have a protagonist paired with someone else who provides color and connection,” adds Trachtenberg.\u00a0“There\u2019s a thing with a horse in Shadow of the Colossus that\u2019s devastating when you play the game. And so [Predator: Badlands] was a little bit inspired by that in terms of wanting to see the Predator with someone else, this character who\u2019s the opposite of him. He\u2019s very laconic, [Fanning] is not. She\u2019s capable in ways that he is not. Physically, she\u2019s got a real thing that I\u2019m so excited for you guys to see. But I want to let eventually some of that speak for itself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Check out the new artwork below.<\/p>\n
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