Dhanush Calls Predator: Badlands ‘A Marvel’ As Film Breaks Franchise Records

Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands has been gaining widespread praise ever since it hit the big screens. Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi starrer film has created waves at the box office with an explosive $80 million global opening weekend, marking the strongest debut in the series’ history. The film is receiving immense love from every corner of the world, and joining the fan squad is actor-director Dhanush, who only has praise for the film. He called the movie a tribute to the “OG Predator fans.” Dhanush Hails Predator: Badlands Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Dhanush shared his thoughts on the movie. The Kubera star wrote, “PREDATOR – badlands. WOW .. JUST WOW. A MARVEL .. A great tribute to OG predator fans.” PREDATOR – badlands. WOW .. JUST WOW. A MARVEL .. A great tribute to OG predator fans. — Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) November 9, 2025 What Predator: Badlands Is About? Predator: Badlands follows a young Predator from an exiled clan who crash-lands on the dangerous planet Genna and must prove his worth as a hunter. Struggling to survive, he forms an unexpected alliance with Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani synthetic. Together, they confront a deadly apex creature that tests the survival instincts of both human and Predator. The Cast Of Predator: Badlands Alongside Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, the film stars Reuben De Jong, Mike Homik, Rohinal Narayan, Cameron Brown and others. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the film was written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. Everything About The Long-Running Predator Franchise Badlands is the ninth entry in the long-running Predator franchise, which began in 1987 with Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch, a battle-hardened mercenary. Over the years, the series has seen several sequels, reboots, and crossovers, including Predator 2 (1990), Alien vs. Predator (2004), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Predators (2010) starring Adrien Brody, and The Predator (2018) led by Boyd Holbrook, all achieving varying degrees of box office success. The two most recent instalments, 2022’s Prey and the animated Predator: Killer of Killers, which released this June, skipped theatrical releases and debuted directly on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ in the rest of the world. Predator: Badlands had its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States by 20th Century Studios on November 7, 2025. In India, it hit the big scene on November 7.