By now, anyone coming to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con expects big reveals and big teases. Somehow director Dan Trachtenberg outdid all expectations with in his panel for the latest entry in the Predator franchise, Predator: Badlands .

In a panel hosted by Kevin Smith and featuring stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Trachtenberg not only showed the first 15 minutes of Badlands , but also made some big reveals that connect to not just the franchise’s storied past, but also to its most notable sci-fi sibling, the Alien franchise.

A Good Look at Badlands

First and foremost, people came to Hall H to learn about Predator: Badlands , the third Predator movie from Trachtenberg after the 2022 prequel Prey and this past June’s animated movie Predator: Killer

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