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It has been decades since The Predator hit the screen, giving Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dutch the opportunity to lead his team on a mission where they face off with the Og extraterrestrial, played by Kevin Peter Hall.

Decades down the line, we have witnessed Arnie switch trades, donning the mantle of the Governor of California (twice!) and coming back from politics. In the meantime, we have been treated to 4 more iterations of the franchise, with one more set to follow next year. But it’s not the same this time around.

Predator: Badlands is set to shock fans of the franchise around the world Dan Trachtenberg ticked all the boxes off with Prey || Image by Dadilmotos, licensed under Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dan Trachtenberg is back. Back for his second rodeo in the franchise. The first, Prey, starring the likes of Amber Midthunder, Dane DeLiegro, and Dakota Beavers, made...

The Predator franchise will return to the big screen in November 2025 with Dan Trachtenberg’s (10 Cloverfield Lane) Predator: Badlands, with Elle Fanning starring in a brand new story. Speaking with Empire, Trachtenberg has dropped one hell of an exciting tease.

The main protagonist of the upcoming Predator: Badlands? A Predator!

“The creature is front and centre, leading the charge,” Trachtenberg tells Empire. “He’s still badass, but there’s something there that touches you emotionally, too. Creating a character you connect with, but are also super-intimidated by, has been challenging. But exciting.”

Like with Prey, Trachtenberg’s goal with Predator: Badlands was to “push the franchise’s boundaries,” allowing fans the opportunity to root for the Predator this time around.

Empire also notes in the sneak preview piece today, which additionally includes a behind the scenes shot from Badlands (below), that the film takes place entirely on an alien planet.

Oscar-nominated actor and Emmy-winning star Sterling K. Brown is reuniting with his “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman for a new thriller series.

Gone is the feel-good, family-friendly tone of ensemble drama “This Is Us”: Instead, Fogelman and Brown’s latest collaboration “Paradise” is pure murder mystery with a government conspiracy twist.

Brown plays a government agent who is questioned after the death of one of his neighbors. The official synopsis reads: “‘Paradise’ is set in a serene community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals. But this tranquility explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high-stakes investigation unfolds.”

James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, and Percy Daggs IV co-star. Marsden has already been part of a quasi-legal series with meta documentary show “Jury Duty.” Meanwhile, Nicholson won an Emmy for her turn in detective show “Mare of Easttown.”

“Paradise...

Peacock’s supernatural drama series Teacup unfolds on a rural Georgia ranch, where family tensions and dark secrets are intensified by a mysterious threat. Adapted from Robert R. McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger, the show follows Maggie and James Chenoweth as they confront an otherworldly force that tests their fractured family and the bonds of their community. Here’s a guide to the cast and characters of Teacup.

Teacup Main Cast & Characters Yvonne Strahovski as Maggie Chenoweth

Maggie is the tough and resilient owner of the Chenoweth ranch, struggling to cope with her husband’s infidelity while facing a supernatural danger. A natural leader, she emerges as the focal point for the ranch’s resistance against the otherworldly being called “Assassin.”

Strahovski’s Notable Roles: Chuck (2007-2012), The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-), The Predator (2018) Scott Speedman as James Chenoweth

James, Maggie’s remorseful husband, is forced to face his mistakes after admitting to an affair.

Exclusive: Gabriel Labelle (Saturday Night) and Isabela Merced (Alien: Romulus) have signed on to star opposite the previously announced Chloë Grace Moretz in Dutch & Razzlekhan, the forthcoming true crime love story directed by BAFTA nominee Jon S. Baird (Tetris), on which we were first to report.

The pair take over roles originally announced as being played by Lewis Pullman and Ariana DeBose, who have departed the project due to scheduling conflicts. Being introduced to buyers at AFM by North.Five.Six, the film has another key creative now in Brad Feinstein, who has come aboard to produce and finance through his Romulus Entertainment banner. Production kicks off in New Jersey in January.

Based on the 2022 Business Insider article “The $4.5 Billion Question” by Rob Price and Becky Peterson, Dutch & Razzlekhan is the explosive and unbelievably true story of the most expensive heist in history, with Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan (Moretz) and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein (Labelle) — lovers,...

Actors appearing in different projects is nothing new. In fact, some actors even tend to appear in the same long-running project in different roles. While this is more often seen in TV series, it tends to happen in movies as well, especially when you have projects as large as the MCU, so it is not strange that one actor plays different roles in various projects.

And while the story we are about to provide you with today is not directly related to the MCU as a whole, it is related to Marvel’s adaptations, as one actress actually played two different roles in two different iterations of the Marvel comic book universe.

The actress in question is Olivia Munn, and you’ll probably remember that she played Psylocke in Fox’s X-Men universe, but did you know that she also appeared in the MCU, but in a very different role...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

The Real Ghostbusters Figures from Mondo

Mondo has launched a line of “The Real Ghostbusters” 1:12 scale action figures with Peter Venkman, Samhain, and Slimer.

Venkman stands 6.5″ and comes with two heads (neutral and serious), two pairs of hands (gloved and ungloved), proton pack with particle thrower wand, attachable particle stream, ghost trap, and swappable trap cartridge with mini Samhain.

Samhain stands 8.5″ and comes with three heads and four hands. Slimer stands 3.5″.

Priced at $202, the exclusive, timed edition set is available until November 26 and is expected to ship in May 2025.

Incubus 4K Uhd from Arrow

Incubus will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on January 14 via Arrow Video. The 1966 folk horror film has...

The Predator franchise will return to the big screen in November 2025 with Dan Trachtenberg’s (10 Cloverfield Lane) Predator: Badlands, with Elle Fanning set to star in a brand new story. Additionally, 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell has spilled the beans in a new chat with The Hollywood Reporter that a second new Predator movie is also coming!

Asbell tells the outlet, “After Prey became a success, Dan [Trachtenberg] came back and said he didn’t want to do Prey 2. And we’re like, ‘What do you want to do?’ And he rattled off a bunch of ideas that were really crazy but really cool. We’ve actually done two of them.

“Two are coming out next year,” Asbell continues. “One I can’t talk about yet, but the other one is the live-action Predator film with Elle Fanning that just wrapped in New Zealand.”

The one movie is of course Predator: Badlands,...

A Marvel star making headlines for an epic action scene? Predictable. Marvel star getting real about surgery in a Kim Kardashian Skims campaign? Now that’s a plot twist. In a world where superheroes save cities, this star’s stepping into a different kind of limelight—sharing a surprisingly candid revelation about their body and the changes that came with surgery.

Olivia Munn in The Predator | Credits: Davis Entertainment

Forget capes and spandex, this is about confidence, self-love, and a Skims campaign that’s turning heads for all the right reasons. The Marvel universe might be filled with epic battles, but this honest conversation about body image? That’s some real-world bravery we can all get behind.

Olivia Munn Embraces Her Journey: The Actress Shines in Kim Kardashian’s Empowering Skims Campaign Olivia Munn as Evie – Tales of the Walking Dead | Credit: Curtis Bonds Baker/AMC

Olivia Munn’s done hiding.

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“Outer Banks” Season 4 held onto its title as Netflix’s most-watched TV show of the week for the second week in a row.

After the first half of Season 4 debuted atop the list following its Oct. 10 premiere with 15.5 million views, “Outer Banks” Season 4 maintained its dominance on the English TV list with 8.8 million views during the week of Oct. 14, despite its viewership nearly being cut in half. Viewing also spiked for “Outer Banks” Season 1, which rose to the No. 8 spot on the list with 2.2 million views.

Viewership for “Outer Banks” Season 4 narrowly outpaced the newest season of “The Lincoln Lawyer,” which debuted its third season on Oct. 17 and scored 7 million views to land in second place on the English TV list.

Netflix hits “Nobody Wants This” and “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story...

In the wake of Dan Trachtenberg’s (10 Cloverfield Lane) Prey going straight to Hulu back in 2022, we’ve learned that Disney will be releasing the follow-up film in theaters.

Also being directed by Trachtenberg, Predator: Badlands releases on November 7, 2025. Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon) has been set to star in the fresh new installment.

It’s interesting to note that November 7, 2025 had been the date occupied by Marvel’s long-delayed Blade reboot, but that project has now been bumped off the schedule completely.

Dan Trachtenberg is on board to co-write and direct Badlands. We don’t know much of anything about the movie at this time, but we understand it’s set to be another solo movie rather than a sequel to Prey. Stay tuned for more on Predator: Badlands as we learn it.

Amber Midthunder starred in Hulu’s Prey as a Comanche woman who goes against gender...

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“The Menendez Brothers” documentary debuted as Netflix’s most-watched movie of the week in the aftermath of Ryan Murphy’s explosive TV dramatization of the case.

Alejandro Hartmann’s documentary, which is produced by Campfire Studios and features new interviews with the Menendez brothers and the prosecutors, scored the top spot on the English films list during the week of Oct. 7 with 22.7 million views. Viewership for “The Menendez Brothers” doc nearly doubled that of “The Predator,” which took second place with 12.9 million views, and more than doubled that of “Lonely Planet” as the Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth-led romcom took the No. 3 slot with 11 million views.

“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” was the No. 4 most-watched English film of the week with 10.4 million views, while “It’s What’s Inside” took...

Exclusive: U.S. production outfit Torfoot Entertainment Group is launching with the horror movie Yeti, which Radiant Films will launch for next month’s American Film Market in Las Vegas.

Torfoot is an LA-based film and TV firm spearheaded by producer Johnathan Brownlee (The Standoff At Sparrow Creek) and Emmy-winning casting director-turned-producer Ross Meyerson (Damages).

The team is aiming to begin production on The Yeti this winter in New York. The synopsis reads: “Oil tycoon Merriell Sunday Sr. and renowned adventurer Hollis Bannister have disappeared without a trace. Their last known location is northern Alaska. Ellie Bannister and Merriell Sunday Jr., set out to search for their missing fathers and the truth behind what made them vanish. As the rescue team heads deeper into the heart of this frozen landscape, danger mounts. Something has taken notice of their trespassing expedition…and that prehistoric something is now stalking them…hunting them.

Released in 2018, “The Predator” has suddenly seen a resurgence on Netflix this week. This installment in the iconic Predators franchise brings a fresh yet familiar face to the battle between humans and extraterrestrial hunters.

Directed by Shane Black, the film aims to revitalize the series by expanding its lore and introducing new dimensions to the mythology. This article delves into the movie’s plot, unpacks its ending, and explores the underlying themes that drive its narrative.

The Predator (2018) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis: What Happens When a Predator Crashes on Earth?

The film opens with a thrilling sequence where a Predator ship crash-lands on Earth. U.S. Army Ranger sniper Quinn McKenna and his team embark on a hostage retrieval mission, only to be ambushed by the creature.

Quinn manages to incapacitate the alien and sends parts of its armor by mail, hoping to prove extraterrestrial life exists. However, this act catches...

When it comes to game development, variety is always a blessing and a sight to see, especially when veteran devs are the ones who are spreading their wings into new genres within the games they are already developing.

In this list, we will talk about a few different examples where veteran devs created a game familiar to players but added a small twist that many players didn’t see coming.

5. Digital Extremes – Warframe Warframe fits into so many categories its hard to list. Image Credit: Digital Extremes

I have included this as the first point in this list as Digital Extremes have done a fantastic job working on Warframe over the past 11 years as it has expanded from a simple game in which players could use multiple weapons to complete certain missions.

However, throughout these many years, Digital Extremes has managed to expand Warframe into numerous different genres, even if only in small missions.

In the real world, Phil Hartman could never have nearly cuckolded Arnold Schwarzenegger — the late, great star was too good of a guy to ever embarrass that beta.

When comparing Chris Columbus’ filmography of family-focused Christmas comedies, the critically panned but mildly commercially successful 1996 movie Jingle All the Way doesn’t quite command the nostalgic adoration of, say, a Home Alone or a Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. But while Columbus only served as the producer and rewrote the script of Jingle All the Way, the film about competing fathers, Arnold Schwarzenegger and stand-up legend Sinbad, desperately (and violently) trying to secure the hottest toy on the market in time to appease their young sons before Christmas certainly has Columbus’ comedy DNA embedded within it.

Case in point: Columbus’ decision to cast Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons star Hartman to play the nosy, divorced and charismatic neighbor...

Brian De Palma has (at least) one more feature in mind.

The auteur told Vulture as part of a 40th anniversary piece for “Body Double,” that he has one more film in the works. The announcement was a surprise to some in the business, including Nick Newman of The Film Stage, who commented on the news that he had previously “heard from more than one reliable source that Brian De Palma was done directing.”

Apparently not.

De Palma most recently directed “Domino” in 2019; he had also publicly announced two other projects in 2018, respectively titled “Sweet Vengeance” and “The Predator.” Neither film was made.

Now, it seems that De Palma is set on a different possible swan song.

“I have one other film I’m planning to make. And we’re in the process of trying to cast it,” De Palma said. “I can’t tell you what it is, until it happens.

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A Bay Films Production “Transformers One” Photo Credit Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Most people think of Keegan-Michael Key as more of a comic actor than an action star, in spite of the fact that he showed off his action chops in The Predator a few years back. Now, he’s joining the Transformers franchise for its newest film, Transformers One. Though you won’t actually see Key in the film — it’s animated — he brings that action-genre urgency as he voices the legendary character Bumblebee. Key Spoke about the role, and said it helped him fulfill a childhood dream in a franchise he’s loved from the start. (Click on...

Ryan Reynolds took to social media on Wednesday to champion his Deadpool & Wolverine stunt team, and called on the Academy Awards to add a category to “recognize the amazing work of stunt teams across the industry.”

“Stunt work doesn’t have a category at The Oscars and I hope that’ll change someday. So many films Smashed it this year… Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Telling stories with their entire bodies,” wrote Reynolds in an Instagram post alongside photos of him and his stunt crew on set.

The storied V/H/S horror anthology series is going to the great beyond. The Hollywood Reporter has the first trailer for V/H/S/ Beyond, the seventh installment in the franchise, which launched in 2012 as a project featuring multiple found-footage short films.

The latest chapter focuses on sci-fi horror, and bows at the genre-centric Fantastic Fest next month in Austin before hitting the streaming service Shudder on Oct. 4.

V/H/S/ Beyond‘s segments include “Stowaway,” directed by Kate Siegel and written by her partner, The Fall of the House of Usher creator Mike Flanagan.

Justin Long, who starred in horror hit Barbarian, directs and writes “Fur Babies” with brother Christian Long. Meanwhile V/H/S/‘s Justin Martinez returns with “Live and Let Dive,” which has a story by Martinez and Ben Turner.

Virat Pal’s “Dream Girl” is the first Bollywood entry to V/H/S/ and was shot in India. Pal wrote it with Evan Dickson.

Thomas Jane Reveals Truth About Deadpool & Wolverine's Punisher Cameo Rumor - Main Image

Among the rumored and speculated Deadpool and Wolverine cameos, The Punisher was one of the longest top appearances supposedly gracing the threequel to return to Marvel. Well, it's time to put an end to the speculations through the actor's confirmation himself.

The Punisher Actor Thomas Jane Puts Deadpool 3 Cameo Rumor To Rest

From Henry Cavill's Wolverine variant, Wesley Snipes' Blade, Jennifer Garner's Elektra, Channing Tatum's Gambit, Chris Evans' Johnny Storm aka Human Torch to Dafne Keen's X-23 aka Laura cameos, The Punisher's Thomas Jane had been the longest in reports before the premiere of the Deadpool threequel.

That, however, didn't come true. In fact, The Predator star himself confirmed that he was never called to reprise his iconic role as Frank Castle in the first place.

"Nope," he answered simply before explaining further,...

The latest "Alien" film -- a scary, cinematic addition to one of the most-loved genre franchises in the world -- was almost a Hulu-only release. In a new interview, director Fede Álvarez told Variety that the initial direct-to-streaming release plan for "Alien: Romulus," which is expected to make at least $40 million this weekend at the box office, was "a reaction to theaters being completely gone" during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the outlet, the director initially signed on to make "Alien: Romulus" in 2021, a year before it was announced as a Hulu movie. Back then, you may recall, nothing was making money in theaters since the world was in a pandemic and crowded auditoriums were basically the perfect venue for germ-spreading. By the end of 2021, the tide turned when "Spider-Man: No Way Home" brought audiences back in a massive way. Up until that point,...

No two horror movie villains ever seemed more ideally suited for one another than the Predator and the Alien, the cinema’s greatest hunter and cinema’s deadliest beast.

Created by very different filmmakers in totally different decades, the idea that these two creatures co-existed stems from a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Easter egg in “Predator 2,” which briefly showed the head of the iconic Alien inside of a Predator’s trophy case. In the years to come they would share top billing in comic books, video games and eventually a couple of movies, to the extent that the two franchises now feel indelibly linked, even when new installments of each monster’s movie makes no mention of the other.

Let’s take a look at both series, together, to see how the films stack up individually and as a unit.

14. “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem” (2007) 20th Century Fox

Lots of poorly made movies are hard to watch,...

Disney will continue their No. 1 2024 Ytd domestic box office domination this weekend and show that’s there’s still flash in their inherited 20th Century Studios logo with the latest rendition of the Ridley Scott produced sci-fi franchise Alien: Romulus. That movie per industry sources is expected to do $40M in U.S./Canada. Together with a $35M overseas outlook, Alien: Romulus could reach a $75M global start.

‘Deadpool and Wolverine’

No. 2 is bound to be the fourth frame of Disney/Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine with $30M; the pic crossed the half billion mark yesterday ($506.9M) in its 19th day of release, becoming the fifth fastest MCU title to cross that mark after Avengers: Endgame (8 days), Spider-Man: No Way Home (12 days) Avengers: Infinity War (15 days), and Black Panther (17 days)

Disney leads all major motion picture studios at the domestic box office with $1.378 billion year-to-date. They’re the first studio this...

“Whoever wins, we lose,” read the famous tagline for Alien vs. Predator.

Ask most critics in 2004, and they would insist that we did indeed lose. “The title alone betrays an entire Hollywood mindset of rehash, reheat, recombine. Re-please,” wrote Jessica Winter of Time Out. “A movie based on a video game based on two entirely separate sci-fi horror series—so whatever was interesting in the originals has long been bred out, like double-jointedness,” lamented Ty Burr of the Boston Globe.

These samples captured the general tenor of the critical response, which decried AvP as an unholy diluting of two venerable franchises, a mess that no one in their right mind would want. According to these critics, AvP could appeal to no one who hadn’t read the original Dark Horse comic books, played the video games, or watched and re-watched the xenomorph tease at the end of Predator 2.

Of course the critics were wrong.

Exclusive: Aidy Smith is on a mission, to convince traditional TV’s gatekeepers to take a chance on presenters with Tourette’s syndrome.

Smith says he is the only TV presenter in the UK who has been diagnosed with Tourette’s, while there are only a handful in the U.S., with the crux of his issue lying with commissioners and execs’ lack of education over what the syndrome is and how it manifests.

Speaking exclusively to Deadline, he said “the room just goes quiet” when he introduces the idea of helming a TV series to those who hold the greenlight keys.

“Commissioners and creators need to unlock doors and realize we are capable of doing things,” he said.

Smith, who presents a branded content show about spirits, said that when broadcasters do make shows about Tourette’s, they often hire presenters who don’t have the syndrome.

He cited Channel 4’s Scarlett Investigates…...

Filmmaker Mike Flanagan has written some dark, disturbing endings in his career… but we shouldn’t expect to see much of that from him in the future. During a recent interview with actress Katee Sackhoff for the Sackhoff Show podcast, Flanagan explained why he’s done with bleak, hopeless endings.

Flanagan told Sackhoff (with thanks to Cbr for the transcription), “A lot of the stuff I was writing had really bleak endings and very hopeless endings. It pivots right after [Hill House] and everything I’ve done since then doesn’t have that.” Sackhoff asked if that’s the influence of his wife Kate Siegel coming through, and Flanagan said, “I think in a lot of ways it is. And it’s because of family. When Kate and I got together, my outlook changed a lot. We had kids of our own and the kids started growing up and it...

Hulu is giving Shark Week a run for its money this July with not one but seven National Geographic specials dropping on the streaming service at the start of the month. From Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie to Baby Sharks in the City, there are plenty of options for fans of these fearsome finned creatures.

Hulu also has a couple of fun offerings for adult animation fans with the full second season of Marvel’s Hit Monkey dropping on July 15 and Futurama returning for its 12th season on July 29th.

There’s not really anything notable in the way of original movies on Hulu this month, but Aliens, Step Brothers, and (500) Days of Summer are just a few of the noteworthy movies joining the library.

Here’s everything that’s coming to (and leaving) Hulu in July.

Hulu New Releases – July 2024

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Predator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger has become one of the classic films in the action and sci-fi genres. The film kicked off a major franchise and also resulted in a crossover franchise introducing Xenomorphs from the Alien films and Predators in the same universe. The first film, made on a $15 million budget, went on to gross $98.3 million and further solidified Schwarzenegger’s status as an A-list action star in Hollywood.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in a still from Predator | 20th Century Studios

Schwarzenegger’s film celebrated its 37th anniversary on Wednesday. Despite the popular status of these films, there were many mistakes in the franchise that expanded beyond films to novels and comic books. Here are 5 major mistakes from the Predator lore that fans often overlook.

#5 The History of The Predators and Their Actual Motivation Amber Midthunder in a still from Prey (2022) | 20th Century Studios

After the numerous films that came out of the franchise,...

The upcoming film The Life of Chuck is the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan, who has previously been at the helm of the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep (and is also developing a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios) – but it is not a horror movie. We’ve previously heard cast member David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) describe the film as a beautiful, heartfelt drama – and now Dastmalchian’s co-star Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy) has told Movieweb that The Life of Chuck is a beautiful masterpiece.

Based on the short story from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds, The Life of Chuck consists of three separate stories linked to tell the biography of Charles Krantz in reverse, beginning with his death from a brain tumor and ending with his childhood in a supposedly haunted house.

Gillan told Movieweb,...

The Predator franchise has only gotten bigger and better in recent years. A science fiction action horror franchise centered on human interaction with a highly intelligent extraterrestrial race that loves to hunt. Produced by 20th Century Studios, the studio has been wanting to expand the franchise.

A still from The Predator | Predator Franchise | 20th Century Studios

After 2022 critically acclaimed Prey, the studio is reportedly eyeing Elle Fanning for the franchise’s upcoming flick, Badlands. However, fans are not sure about a female-led Predator movie seeing the box office disaster that Anya Taylor-Joy-led Furiosa has turned out to be despite brilliant critical reviews.

Predator Franchise Reportedly Eyeing Elle Fanning as Its New Lead Elle Fanning in The Great | Hulu

It was announced earlier this year that 20th Century Studio was reportedly expanding its Predator universe by roping in Dan Trachtenberg as the writer and director of their newest standalone flick in the franchise,...

Elle Fanning is set to star in 'Badlands'.The 26-year-old actress is in talks to join the cast of the new movie that is set in 'The Predator' universe.Plot details are yet to be revealed but it will once again feature the extraterrestrial big game hunter that first appeared on the big screen in Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1987 movie.'Badlands' will be directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who revived the sci-fi action franchise with the 2022 film 'Prey' which starred Amber Midthunder and broke viewing records on Hulu.Trachtenberg has once again teamed up with 'Prey' screenwriter Patrick Aison for the story.The premise is not yet clear but insiders indicate that it won't be set in the past like 'Prey' but in the future instead. It is also uncertain if it will go straight to streaming as its predecessor did.Sources close to...

Elle Fanning is going from great to bad. The actor known for The Great is in talks to star in Badlands, a new movie set in The Predator universe, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The Badlands is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the filmmaker who revamped the franchise with the 20th Century and Hulu feature Prey, which was set in 1719 and starred breakout Amber Midthunder as a young Comanche woman pitted against an alien hunter. The film was a critical success and broke viewing records for Hulu.

Trachtenberg reteamed with Prey scribe Patrick Aison for the Badlands story, with Aison penning the script. THR reported in February that in addition to Badlands, 20th Century has a number of Predator projects in development, with Trachtenberg at the center of a growing universe. 20th Century had no comment.

Predator originated with the 1987 movie starring Schwarzenegger. It was followed by the Danny Glover starrer Predator 2,...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the one great love and the only 3 words in the world to trump anything in its path. As such, the story of Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., the rage, and the charisma of the MCU’s origin point were all products of exciting times in the movie industry. However, Robert Downey Jr. is not the only person whose life was saved by Marvel.

Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man [Credit: Marvel Studios]As a by-product of the interconnected universe with overlapping plotlines and merging storylines, the MCU quickly became a hunting ground for the creation of original ideas, even if its comic book source remained a heavy influence in each subsequent project.

Robert Downey Jr. Helped MCU Get Back on Track

It is a story well known that Robert Downey Jr. – the Godfather of MCU – was a towering figure who overshadowed and obliterated every article about...

Iron Man 3 director Shane Black initially pursued an acting career before he became a renowned screenwriter and director in Hollywood, just like Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. Before he directed the fourth movie in The Predator series, little did fans know that he had an acting role in the first movie alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was during this time that he sold the script for the classic buddy cop movie Lethal Weapon.

Shane Black in a still from Predator | 20th Century Fox

It took little time for Black to get the hint from his acting and screenwriting gigs that he was not suited for the former career. Black doubled down on his screenwriting works and became one of the highest-paid screenwriters at the time.

Iron Man Director Shane Black Believed Himself To Be An Actor Before Finding His True Calling

Shane Black in a still from Predator | 20th Century Fox...

As George Miller’s oil and blood-fuelled Furiosa hits the screens, we ponder what makes a great prequel.

Mild spoilers for The First Omen.

There are a lot of bad prequels. There are some good prequels, but a great prequel is a rare thing to come across. They’re like a rare animal, the unicorns of cinema. Some wonder if such a thing even exists, but when you do watch one, it’s really rather something.

George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga might just be one, a prequel which somehow manages to justify its existence and repeat the exhilarating sense of time and place as Mad Max: Fury Road. I’d be surprised if we saw another action film as handsomely made as Furiosa in 2024. Or 2025. Or 2026.

Prequels are an easy sell for studios, but a hard sell for audiences. For studios, they’re an easy way...

“Everyone knows who Jason is. Everyone can point out The Predator. And, of course, everyone’s familiar with the Ghostbusters!”

So says Jared Gerritzen, Chief Creative Officer at IllFonic, as we sit down for a quick interview with him on Discord. He’s certainly an authoritative voice on this matter too, given that he’s worked on adaptations for each of those cherished properties over the years, giving them all the asymmetrical multiplayer treatment that his development studio has got down to a fine art by now.

He continues: “And that means that people have pre-conceived notions of what those franchises should be. I guess what I’m saying is that they come with the burden of expectation, as you’ve got to [appease] fans of every individual movie or comic-book, regardless of their varying degrees of quality.”

Yet Gerritzen seems less wary of any such purism when it comes to IllFonic’s latest release.

The upcoming film The Life of Chuck is the latest Stephen King adaptation from Mike Flanagan, who has previously been at the helm of the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep (and is also developing a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios) – but it is not a horror movie. Flanagan has let it be known that this isn’t horror, and cast member David Dastmalchian has said the same in a new interview with Gizmodo, describing the film and elements in it as beautiful and heartbreaking.

Dastmalchian, who was also in the recent King adaptation The Boogeyman, said (with thanks to Coming Soon for the transcription), “It’s beautiful. You think, ‘Oh, Mike Flanagan, Stephen King, this thing’s going to just be the most horrifying, terrifying, thing you’ve ever seen.’ [But] it is so beautifully rendered, heartfelt, the drama, the performances. The cast in this is deep.

Exclusive: Searchlight has set five more for major roles in its Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet: Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark).

Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.

Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).

Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...

Actress Olivia Munn, who starred in projects like The Newsroom and The Predator, has come forward on her Instagram to announce to her followers and the public that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and she has taken the necessary steps to seek treatment. Variety reports that the X-Men: Apocalypse star posted on her account, “I hope by sharing this it will help others find comfort, inspiration and support on their own journey.” Munn would admit that she hadn’t initially intended to get a check up for it until her doctor attempted to get ahead of the odds.

Munn explained in her statement, “I wouldn’t have found my cancer for another year – at my next scheduled mammogram – except that my Obgyn, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, decided to calculate my Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score. The fact that she did saved my life. Dr. Aliabadi looked at factors like my age,...

Olivia Munn announced on Instagram that she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. The 43-year-old actor wrote in a message to fans: “I hope by sharing this it will help others find comfort, inspiration and support on their own journey.”

“I wouldn’t have found my cancer for another year – at my next scheduled mammogram – except that my Obgyn, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, decided to calculate my Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score. The fact that she did saved my life,” Munn added in a statement. “Dr. Aliabadi looked at factors like my age, familial breast cancer history, and the fact that I had my first child after the age of 30. She discovered my lifetime risk was at 37%. Because of that score I was sent to get an Mri, which led to an ultrasound, which then led to a biopsy. The biopsy showed I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts. Luminal B is an aggressive,...

Close on the heels of the news that Yvonne Strahovski of Chuck, The Predator, The Handmaid’s Tale, Stateless, Dexter, The Tomorrow War, and He’s Out There has signed on to star in and produce the Peacock streaming service series Teacup comes the Variety announcement that Scott Speedman is joining Strahovski in the cast. Speedman’s previous credits include Crimes of the Future, The Strangers, Underworld, Grey’s Anatomy, Animal Kingdom, Felicity, and Dark Blue. Strahovski’s character is named Maggie Chenoweth, and Speedman’s character is James Chenoweth.

Teacup is an adaptation of the 1988 bestseller Stinger, written by Robert R. McCammon (pick up a copy Here). McCammon’s novel has the following description: The story takes place during a single twenty-four hour period in Inferno, Texas. Inferno is a town in trouble, driven to the brink by racial tension, gang violence, and a collapsing economy. But things can always get worse,...

Just over a year ago, the Peacock streaming service announced they were teaming up with genre filmmaker James Wan for a series adaptation of the 1988 bestseller Stinger, written by Robert R. McCammon (pick up a copy Here) – and even at the time, it was clear that they wouldn’t be keeping the Stinger title, because the show was being referred to as the Untitled Ian McCulloch Project, since Yellowstone consulting producer Ian McCulloch was on board to write and executive produce the show. The project is now going by the title Teacup, and not only has Peacock given it a straight-to-series order (allowing it to bypass the usual pilot process), but Deadline reports that Yvonne Strahovski, whose credits include Chuck, The Predator, The Handmaid’s Tale, Stateless, Dexter, The Tomorrow War, and He’s Out There, has signed on to play the series regular role of Maggie Chenoweth. Strahovski will also be a producer on the show.

Yvonne Strahovski has been tapped for the lead role in the upcoming Peacock series “Teacup.”

Described as a horror thriller, “Teacup” hails from writer Ian McCulloch with James Wan and Atomic Monster attached to executive produce.

Inspired by the Robert McCammon novel “Stinger,” the series is said to follow “a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive.” Strahovski will star as Maggie Chenoweth.

Strahovski has received two Emmy Award nominations for her work on Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” on which she has starred as Serena Joy Waterford since the show began. The sixth and final season is expected to air in 2025. Strahovski is also known for shows like “Stateless” and “Dexter” and for films like “The Predator” and “The Tomorrow War.”

She is repped by Paradigm, Afa Prime Talent Media, R&cpmk, and Gretchen Rush.

Trevante Rhodes is starring in the new Netflix movie Mea Culpa and you might be curious to know more about his personal life.

The 34-year-old actor had his big break in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight and he’s also known for his work in movies like Bird Box, 12 Strong, The Predator, and Candy Cane Lane.

Before becoming an actor, Trevante was a competitive athlete in track and field, but an Acl injury ended his college athletic career.

So, what’s going on in Trevante‘s personal life?

Keep reading to find out more…

It’s unclear if Trevante currently has a special someone in his life, either or girlfriend or a wife. It was previously reported back in 2019 that he became engaged to model Mara Wright, but we never heard any details about their relationship after that point.

Mara is now the mother of a young son, but it...

Olivia Munn is set to star opposite Jon Hamm in the upcoming Apple TV series “Your Friends and Neighbors,” Variety has learned.

The drama series was originally ordered at Apple in December. It is based on an original idea by Jonathan Tropper.

Hamm will star in the series as Coop, described as “a recently divorced hedge fund manager who, after being fired, resorts to stealing from the wealthy residents in his tony upstate New York suburb in order to keep his family’s lifestyle afloat. These petty crimes begin to reinvigorate him until he breaks into the wrong house at the wrong time.”

Exact details on Munn’s character are being kept under wraps.

Munn’s previous TV roles include shows like “The Newsroom” “New Girl,” and “Six.” She first broke out as a host of the G4 series “Attack of the Show,” on which she starred from 2006-2010. In film,...

Trevante Rhodes is an American actor who has gained recognition for his exceptional talent and performances in both film and television. His journey to success has been remarkable, starting from his early days as a sprinter to becoming an award-winning actor.

Early Life

Trevante Nemour Rhodes was born on February 10, 1990, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. He grew up in a supportive family, with his parents, Demour Dangelo and Jessi Rhodes, always encouraging his dreams. When he was ten years old, the family relocated to Little Elm, Texas, where Rhodes would embark on his athletic and acting journey.

Rhodes attended Little Elm High School, where he excelled in both football and track and field. As a running back in football, he showcased his agility and speed, while in track and field, he specialized in sprinting events like the 100 and 200 meters. Rhodes earned four letters in both sports and even competed in the 2007 Uil Track and Field Championships,...

Predator’s journey from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s iconic 1987 sci-fi action film to a successful Hollywood franchise has been remarkable. Dan Trachtenberg’s 2022 Oscar-nominated installment, Prey, starring Amber Midthunder, has been considered one of the franchise’s best films from its inception, and its success quickly led to the announcement of a sequel.

A still from Predator

And recent reports have revealed another upcoming project under the franchise, helmed by Trachtenberg. However, the movie is set to feature a significant deviation from the franchise’s established formula, as, unlike its predecessors, it will reportedly be set in the future.

Dan Trachtenberg is Set to Work on a New Predator Movie

After reinvigorating the sci-fi action horror franchise with the 2022 hit, Prey Dan Trachtenberg is set to work on a new installment for the Predator franchise titled Badlands. The film will not be a sequel to Prey but would rather introduce...

"Prey" was one of the most pleasant surprises of 2022. The film revived the "Predator" franchise after several years in a much-needed timeout following the disappointment that was Shane Black's "The Predator." In fairness, it seems Black signed up to make a different movie than the one we got, but that's neither here nor there. What's important is that director Dan Trachtenberg delivered the goods with his battle between the alien hunter and some unsuspecting Comanche in the 1700s. Now, at long last, Disney has confirmed that a sequel is coming. And, if there is justice in the world, it will be coming to a theater near you.

Very little has been revealed, although Trachtenberg is once again co-writing and directing a movie in the franchise called "Badlands." It will not be a direct sequel to "Prey" and, instead, will be taking us into the future to follow a different...

Following the success of Prey, Dan Trachtenberg is returning to direct another Predator film: Badlands, this time set in the future.

Following the wibbly-wobbly mess that was 2018’s The Predator, 20th Century Studios regained its footing with Prey in 2022. Starring Amber Midthunder, it was a back-to-basics approach to the Predator franchise – set in 1719, it told the simple story of Native Americans versus colossal alien big-game hunter.

Director Dan Trachtenberg clearly enjoyed the experience, since he’s signed up to make another Predator film. It won’t be a direct sequel to Prey, however; called Badlands, it is, according to The Hollywood Reporter, set “sometime in the future” and will also feature a female lead. (It’d be amazing if it was Sissy Spacek.)

This initially left us thinking about Predators hunting their human quarry among flying cars and jet packs, until we remembered that 1990’s Predator 2 was set in...