"Predator: Badlands" director Dan Trachtenberg debuted 15 minutes of footage at Comic-Con, plus hinted at a possible Arnold Schwarzenegger return.

The Predator: Badlands panel was one of the main events at this year's Marvel-less San Diego Comic-Con 2025, and director Dan Trachtenberg and his cast did not disappoint as they brought 15 minutes of exclusive (and unfinished) footage from the film to the Con.

We got to watch the first 15 minutes of the upcoming film Predator: Badlands at San Diego Comic-Con. Here's what we saw.

Badlands," Dan Trachtenberg, said audiences will emotionally "connect" with the iconic hunter in the show out this fall.

Friday at San Diego Comic-Con offered fans a rare opportunity to hear from two of the people primarily responsible for major franchises, in the same place, on the same day. And that’s exactly what happened in both the Alien: Earth and Predator: Badlands panels, which both took place in Hall H.

In Predator: Badlands, Elle Fanning’s Thia strikes up an alliance with Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi’s young Predator, Dek. We see Thia rebooted after what looks like a fight with some sort of monster. Thia is a Weyland-Yutani synth from the nefarious megacorp from the Alien franchise.

On July 21, Predator: Badlands, which is the seventh film in the main franchise, released its official trailer that shows the two characters battling Predators while also forming a friendship. Here's everything to know about Predator: Badlands.