'Predator: Badlands' Director Gushes About Elle Fanning And Her 'Interesting Double-Jointedness' (Interview)

‘Predator: Badlands’ Best Film Premiere On Hulu Since ‘Prey’ With Near 9M WW Views

20th Century Studios’ Dan Trachtenberg directed Predator: Badlands has become the No. 1 film premiere on Hulu since the director’s 2022 movie Prey, debuting to nearly 9M views around the world in its first five days on the service. Last fall, Predator: Badlands opened to a record for the franchise with $40M domestic and $80M global, and finaled at a record as well for the 39-year old series with $184.5M worldwide. The entire Predator franchise…

'Predator: Badlands' Director Gushes About Elle Fanning And Her 'Interesting Double-Jointedness' (Interview)

Few actresses in Hollywood had a better 2025 than Elle Fanning, as the 27-year-old actress not only landed her first-ever Academy Award nomination for her role in Sentimental Value, but also headlined the equally successful and well-reviewed Predator: Badlands. Speaking to BroBible ahead of the release of Predator: Badlands on digital, director Dan Trachtenberg gushed about Elle Fanning and what she brought to the role, including uncanny and unt…

Now on Hulu: 'Predator Badlands' Goes Soft and It’s Glorious

Like any red-blooded American, I was a fan of the original 1987 Predator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Beyond that, the franchise succumbed to sequelitis (Predator 2), franchise-itis (Alien vs. Predator, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem), and then reboot-itis (Predators, The Predator). Some... Read more...

Predator: Badlands’ Kalisk Inspired by Miyazaki and Shadow of the Colossus, Says Director Dan Trachtenberg

Predator: Badlands is now streaming on Hulu and on Hulu via Disney+. According to director Dan Trachtenberg, the Kalisk, an apex predator on the “death planet” Genna in Predator: Badlands, was visually inspired by the works of Hayao Miyazaki and the video game Shadow of the Colossus. Speaking to Discussing Film, Trachtenberg said the Kalisk in Predator: Badlands “has to look incredibly intimidating, but for there also to be a nobility, and that …