Predator: Badlands centers on Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), a young-and-hungry Yautja warrior who is the runt of the litter in his clan and has a whole lot to prove. He teams up with an unlikely ally: Thia ( Elle Fanning ), a synthetic made by the Weyland-Yutani company (from the Alien franchise).

Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg sheds light on the film's Alien crossover and his shared universe plans.

Badlands, the creature is one of the good guys now. In short: We're rooting for the Predator this time. Taking a page out of the Terminator 2: Judgment Day playbook, Predator: Badlands flips the script on the series formula when a new Predator named Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) teams up with an android (played by Elle Fanning) to hunt down something massive.