For decades, fans have been longing for someone to take on the Predator franchise that really gets what makes a strong Predator-orientated film. In 2022, Dan Trachtenberg blew everyone away with the release of Prey, a Predator prequel that not only matched the original 1987 movie but in many ways surpassed it.

Friday at San Diego Comic-Con offered fans a rare opportunity to hear from two of the people primarily responsible for major franchises, in the same place, on the same day. And that’s exactly what happened in both the Alien: Earth and Predator: Badlands panels, which both took place in Hall H.

Predator: Killer of Killers is the latest franchise film from director Dan Trachtenberg, who previously revitalized the franchise with the prequel Prey. Trachtenberg is also behind Predator: Badlands,

The latest movie in the "Predator" series flips the script to focus on the bad guys who always lose to the humans in the end, director Dan Trachtenberg said on Friday.

Badlands has raised immense anticipation and curiosity among the audience about whether, in this film, the worlds of the alien and the predators will collide

Badlands," Dan Trachtenberg, said audiences will emotionally "connect" with the iconic hunter in the show out this fall.