Predator: Badlands could be laying the groundwork for a new Alien vs. Predator movie, but I really hope Disney and 20th Century go a different direction with the next potential crossover of the two franchises. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the sci-fi heavy Predator: Badlands leaves Earth behind to tell the story of Dek, a young member of the Yautja species who seeks to prove himself. The movie leans into the sci-fi elements of the franchise, seemingly telling a story with no fully human main characters.
Although the trailer for the film does introduce Elle Fanning as Thia , she's actually a robot replica instead of a flesh-and-blood human. In fact, Thia has been confirmed to be a synthetic, one of the robots that appear in the Alien franchise. This is the latest confirmation