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Why was Jean Claude Van Damme really fired as the Predator? No one quite remembers
Was it that Bloodsport star Van Damme broke a Predator head prototype? Or was it that he passed out too much?
November 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Predator was defined by the man behind the effects of Aliens, Terminator and Jurassic Park
The only monster ugly enough to make a xenomorph look cuddly could've have had an entirely different (and probably worse) design. Thankfully, the man who designed the Terminator, Stan Winston, had other plans
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Is Predator a horror franchise? The original filmmakers had to keep it from slipping into a different genre
Predator producers did not want audiences thinking they were watching a war movie despite hiring actual soldiers, the A-Team stunt guy, and the folks that did Commando
November 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Predator producers killed Shane Black’s character because he was too busy acting beside Arnold Schwarzenegger to rewrite the screenplay
That is, they killed Rick Hawkins, Shane Black's role in the OG Predator movie, who wasn't so much a victim of Yautja bloodthirstiness as he was studio necessity
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The surprising low-tech genius behind the original Predator movie's shimmering camouflage reveal
The Predator filmmakers wanted to give their titular monster an 'almost invisible' power, leaving the audience just a bit more cued in that Arnold Schwarzenegger and the gang. Hynek explains how they pulled it off
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Predator: Badlands' box office numbers prove the franchise just needed a buddy comedy all along
Director Dan Trachtenberg's reign over Predator is here to stay, as latest role-swapping entry Badlands rakes in the franchise's biggest opening weekend yet
November 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Arnold Schwarzenegger thinks Predator is bigger than Terminator - and he wants more
We all want Arnie to "get to the chopper" and by "chopper" we mean "the recording studio" so we can find out what happens to Dutch after the original Predator movie.
November 04, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How Dan Trachtenberg became a better Predator director, thanks to Prime Video's The Boys
Before Trachtenberg was kicking off a new saga of Predator vs. humans with Prey, he was the guy in the chair for The Boys’ pilot episode
September 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Sorry folks, Noah Hawley isn't involved with an Alien/Predator crossover. He is a big fan of Dan Trachtenberg, though
Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley wants to "get along" with the Predator series, but says he isn't currently involved with a crossover
July 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg didn't originally want a Weyland-Yutani android from Alien in the film... he just didn't want any humans
Yes, we're all excited for an Alien vs. Predator rematch, but that's not the reason that Prey director Trachtenberg included the evil corporation in his upcoming Predator movie
July 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to watch the Predator movies in release and chronological order
Predator: How to watch the science fiction franchise in release and chronological order
June 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Predator mastermind Dan Trachtenberg has an idea for a fourth hunt after Prey, Killer of Killers, and Badlands
Look, we're gonna sound like a broken record here, but we have to ask - is Trachtenberg teasing a new Alien vs. Predator?
June 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is 20th Century Studios building a new cinematic universe with Alien, Predator, and... more? Here's what the bones say
Heads up, there are some minor spoilers ahead for 20th Century Studios' Predator: Killer of Killers
June 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Don't look now, but an Alien: Earth teaser just confirmed our prediction about Weyland-Yutani
Earlier, we asked if the Weyland-Yutani corp had acquired more alien species than just the xenomorph before Prometheus. Turns out, that's a big, doubled-mouthed "yep"
April 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Predator: Badlands: While Killer of Killers goes into Earth's history with the Predator, the trailer for the franchise's other 2025 release presents an alien future
Dan Trachtenberg's Amber Midthunder-starring Prey brought us back in time for a Predator of years gone by. With Badlands, he appears to be pointing the time machine forward
April 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Novocaine's Amber Midthunder very poorly pretends she's not shot a secret sequel to Predator movie Prey
After her turn in the twisty action romp Novocaine, you'd think Prey star Midthunder could keep a better secret
March 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Predator: Badlands has a killer difference for the franchise: audiences will root for the monster (finally)
Sure, we know the Predator has a code (and presumably a diligent oral hygiene regime), but Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg is setting up his Prey sequel with an outright Yautja protagonist
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The new Venom movie in theaters now put Let There Be Carnage back on people's radar, but it wasn't enough to help it overtake this 2018 sci-fi/horror hybrid
The fact that a new Tom Hardy-starring Venom movie is in theaters now probably put Let There Be Carnage back on people's radar, but that wasn't enough to help it overtake this 2018 scifi-horror hybrid
October 24, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Disney is working on another Predator movie from the people behind Prey - and they want Super 8's Elle Fanning to star in it
Forget AVP; now it's ElleVP
June 03, 2024
Graeme McMillan