The Alien and Predator franchises have been united like never before in Predator: Badlands . The standalone futuristic chapter in the Yautja-led sci-fi series directly infuses core concepts from the Alien movies, even without incorporating Xenomorphs. This comes through the role of Elle Fanning's dual roles as Weyland-Yutani synthetics named Thia and Tessa.

Predator: Badlands ' protagonist Dek encounters them both while on Genna in pursuit of the Kalisk, as director Dan Trachtenberg effortlessly blends the two worlds in a fresh way. Despite the core crossover element, the film does not spend much time explaining the state of the larger universe and becoming overly connected to past installments of both franchises.

One explanation for this comes from when Predator: Badlands

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