First, Dan Trachtenberg delivered an unexpected and brilliant prequel to the Predator franchise with Prey, and then Fede Álvarez directed one of the best entries in the Alien saga with Alien: Romulus – and both under the banner of Disney, which many people believed would be the death of both franchises. Following the trailer for Trachtenberg’s next movie, Predator: Badlands, which features an Alien Easter egg in the form of Elle Fanning’s android character being created by the Weyland-Yutani corporation, a new rumor has now hinted that the inevitable crossover of the two sci-fi franchises will be happening a lot sooner than anyone expected.

Coming from Jeff Sneider on The Hot Mic - so you can accept this with a nominal amount of disbelief for now - Álvarez’s Romulus sequel will reportedly feature a Predator in some way, bringing the two franchises fully into alignment for the first...