Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. It is the seventh installment in the Predator franchise. Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi star in leading roles. In the film, Dek, a young Yautja exiled from his clan, crash-lands on the hostile planet of Genna and must prove himself worthy of the hunt by killing an apex predator. Struggling to survive, he forms an unlikely alliance with Thia, a Weyland-Yutani Corporation android, as they face off against Genna's wildlife and Weyland-Yutani's forces.

Plot

Dek is a Yautja runt from Yautja Prime, who seeks approval from his father, clan leader Njohrr. He vows to hunt the Kalisk, a seemingly unkillable apex predator on the "death planet" Genna. Before he can leave however, Njohrr arrives and orders Dek's brother Kwei to kill him, deeming him too weak for the clan. Kwei defies the order and remotely activates his transport ship to take Dek to Genna. Dek is forced to watch helplessly as Njohrr executes Kwei.