{"id":391864,"date":"2026-01-06T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/391864\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:48:09","slug":"what-went-into-the-most-satisfying-scene-in-predator-badlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/391864\/","title":{"rendered":"What Went Into the Most Satisfying Scene in ‘Predator: Badlands’"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many, many awesome moments<\/a> in Predator: Badlands<\/a>, but one in particular really takes the cake. It\u2019s near the end of the film when our hero, Dek, decides he will go into the Weyland-Yutani camp to rescue his new friend, Thia. The problem is, Dek is all out of weapons, so he arms himself with everything he\u2019s learned so far<\/a> on the killer planet of Genna.<\/p>\n

The resulting scene is the perfect spin on the ending of the original Predator, which also becomes a bit of an homage to Aliens, too. And, in this exclusive clip from the brand-new digital release<\/a>, you can see how the team behind the film came up with this incredible sequence.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s just one of the many, many behind-the-scenes features on the release, which, again, is out now on all major digital platforms. It\u2019ll then be on physical media in a few weeks, on February 17. Here\u2019s the full list of features.<\/p>\n

Deleted & Pre-Visualization Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary:<\/p>\n

Sand Trap\u2014An early animatic version of Dek\u2019s very different first encounter with Thia.
Squirt Canyon\u2014The full version of Dek and Thia traversing the water-filled trench while trying to survive Genna\u2026 and each other.
Tessa vs. Abe\u2014Tessa faces off against a superior synth in this deleted scene and storyline.
Razor Grass\u2014The original previsualization of Dek, Thia, and Bud\u2019s first hunt together\u2026 sort of.
The Outpost\u2014Thia takes Dek to a small Weyland-Yutani field facility where they experience a few things that ended up being used elsewhere in the final film.
Super Power Loader Extended\u2014Special additional moments during Dek\u2019s climactic final battle with the Super Power Loader and the Kalisk.<\/p>\n

Featurettes:<\/p>\n

Embodying the Predator\u2014Meet the talented team of designers, performers, and effects artists responsible for bringing one of cinema\u2019s most terrifying creatures to life on screen in ways we\u2019ve never seen before!
Authentic Synthetics\u2014Get up close and personal with synths Thia and Tessa as star Elle Fanning walks us through the process of crafting two characters who may look the same but have evolved in surprisingly unique ways.
Building the Badlands\u2014With razor-sharp grass, killer trees, and terrifying animals, never has a planet been more deadly than Genna. Uncover how a team of artisans built this threatening landscape, transforming real locations into the dangerous environments seen on screen.
Dek of the Yautja\u2014For the first time ever, director Dan Trachtenberg has given audiences an extended peek at Predator culture. Follow the evolution as filmmakers reveal the process behind developing the Yautja\u2019s home world, spacecraft, and family dynamics.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary:<\/p>\n

Watch the film with audio commentary by director Dan Trachtenberg, producer Ben Rosenblatt, director of photography Jeff Cutter, and stunt coordinator Jacob Tomuri.<\/p>\n

Predator: Badlands is now available digitally and is coming to Blu-ray and UHD physical formats on February 17.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are many, many awesome moments in Predator: Badlands, but one in particular really takes the cake. It\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206,30544],"class_list":{"0":"post-391864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-predator-badlands"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}