PREDATOR: BADLANDS Almost Featured Dutch, a Xenomorph, and More

'Predator: Badlands' Nearly Featured an Arnold Schwarzenegger Cameo

Fans have wanted to see Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) return to the Predator franchise for forever now. And it sounds like we were once again this close to that happening. In Dan Trachtenberg‘s Predator: Badlands, there’s a scene early on in which lead Yautja Dek and his brother sort through various holograms. Amber Midthunder‘s Prey character, Naru, appears briefly. But it turns out, Dutch and the Xenomorph were also originally featured in thos…

PREDATOR: BADLANDS Almost Featured Dutch, a Xenomorph, and More

In a recent interview, Dan Trachtenberg opened up about early plans for Predator: Badlands that would’ve pulled in some franchise icons from both the Predator and Alien universes. While the finished film keeps its focus tight, there was a version that nearly delivered a few cameos longtime fans would’ve liked to see.Predator: Badlands follows a young Yautja named Dek, who reluctantly teams up with Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani synthetic. That c…

"Predator: Badlands" Director On Cut Cameos

While most of Dan Trachtenberg’s “Predator: Badlands” takes place on a deadly planet named Genna, the earliest part of the film unfolds on the Predator homeworld of Yautja Prime. In those scenes, the main character of outcast runt Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) must pick a planet from a list of candidates to serve as a proving ground for his hunting skills, with Genna being the most deadly. It turns out the sequence originally ran a littl…

PREDATOR: BADLANDS Director Details Scrapped Cameos From ALIEN And PREDATOR Franchise Icons

Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg has confirmed that an earlier version of the movie featured surprise cameos from characters from the wider Alien and Predator franchises.