Empire Magazine has been teasing us with an exclusive first look of Predator: Badlands, and today they’ve released a
preview of their January 2025 issue. The unexpected piece of news is that for the very first time on the big screen, we’ll have a Predator as our main protagonist. In the interview with Empire, Dan Trachtenberg says:
“The creature is front and center, leading the charge,” Trachtenberg grins, speaking to Empire in the Andor Season 2 issue. “He’s still badass, but there’s something there that touches you emotionally, too. Creating a character you connect with, but are also super-intimidated by, has been challenging. But exciting.” The idea, he says, came from a desire to “find another essential piece of cinema that does what Prey did spiritually — pushing the franchise’s boundaries, letting us root for a hero we rarely get to root for — but in a different way. And that transformed into this big idea of rooting for the Predator.” Finally, the ugly mother-effer’s day has come.
