Predator: Badlands is obviously setting up for a new Alien vs. Predator crossover but despite the intentional links to the iconic Alien film universe and potentially sharing the same cinematic timeline, there will be no Facehuggers, Chestbursters or Xenomorphs in the next Predator movie.
Confirmed during an interview with Empire Magazine, as part of their latest issue which hits shelves tomorrow, director Dan Trachtenberg explained:
There’s no Xenomorph in this movie. But to me, that makes it more exciting. We’re not involving [the Alien franchise] just to smush the action figures together. There are great, organic story reasons for Weyland-Yutani to be in this film.
While Badlands won't feature any Biomechanical Perfect Organisms, it will feature an army of Weyland-Yutani Synthetics and as Trachtenberg explained above, their presence on Kalisk is not by chance – There’s a reason they're there.
Weyland-Yutani will play an integral role in the storyline for Predator: Badlands and is most certainly laying the groundwork for an inevitable re-match down the line.
Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands released in theaters on November 7th, 2025! See how well the film performed at the box office, here!
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