Elle Fanning to Team Up with the Predator in ‘Predator: Badlands’
The Predator franchise will return to the big screen in November 2025 with director Dan Trachtenberg’s (Prey, 10 Cloverfield Lane) Predator: Badlands, with Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon) starring. The actor took to the CinemaCon this week to debut a trailer, per THR, revealing an intriguing new detail about Fanning’s role in the film.
Elle Fanning will play Thia, a character that doesn’t fight against the film’s Predator but rather teams up with the alien hunter.
“Something unprecedented happens in this movie, and my character is not the one being chased,” Fanning told CinemaCon’s crowd. “My character actually teams up with the Predator, and you get to see him in a whole new light.”
That aligns with what Trachtenberg previously said of the upcoming release. “The creature is front and centre, leading the charge,” the director stated. “He’s still badass, but there’s something there that touches you emotionally,...
Elle Fanning will play Thia, a character that doesn’t fight against the film’s Predator but rather teams up with the alien hunter.
“Something unprecedented happens in this movie, and my character is not the one being chased,” Fanning told CinemaCon’s crowd. “My character actually teams up with the Predator, and you get to see him in a whole new light.”
That aligns with what Trachtenberg previously said of the upcoming release. “The creature is front and centre, leading the charge,” the director stated. “He’s still badass, but there’s something there that touches you emotionally,...
- 4/4/2025
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
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