Predator: Badlands Drops a Featurette – Is This The Hunt We've Been Waiting For, Mate?
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
Jeff explores the new *Predator: Badlands* featurette, expressing cautious optimism for the film's intriguing plot about an outcast Predator and human ally, while pondering its potential impact on the beloved sci-fi franchise and its gaming adaptations. It's a dive into whether this cinematic hunt will truly level up the lore or just be another respawn.
Right then, gather 'round, folks! IGN South Africa just tossed a new 'Official Kill or Be Killed' featurette into the digital arena for *Predator: Badlands*, and my curiosity meter (which, fair warning, runs on pure chaos and questionable snacks) immediately spiked. Now, you know me – I'm always keen to see what fresh hell or brilliant innovation the universe throws our way, especially when it involves an iconic alien hunter.
This isn't a game reveal, mind you, but a peek behind the curtain of the upcoming flick from 20th Century Studios, hitting cinemas November 7th. We're talking about a new *Predator* movie, which, let's be honest, always comes with a healthy dose of 'oh, please be good' hope mixed with 'don't mess it up again' anxiety. It's like rolling for legendary loot and getting another grey common – you still click, don't you?
Director Dan Trachtenberg (who, by the way, did a cracking job with *Prey* – a high bar, that one!) and Elle Fanning, who stars as Thia, are both featured in this little exposé. The premise? Get this: it's set in the future, on some remote planet, and features a young Predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) who's an outcast from his clan. Our young Yautja then finds an 'unlikely ally' in Fanning's character, Thia, and off they go on a 'treacherous journey' to find some 'ultimate adversary.'
An outcast Predator with a human ally? Bloody hell, that's a narrative choice right there! It almost sounds like a co-op mission where one player is trying to complete their prestige challenge, and the other is just along for the XP. My brain immediately goes to all those *Alien vs. Predator* games – remember the thrill of playing as the Predator, stalking your prey? Or the sheer terror as a marine? This setup could be genuinely interesting, offering a fresh take on the classic hunter-hunted dynamic. (Though, let's be real, 'ultimate adversary' could mean anything from an elder Yautja to a particularly stubborn space squirrel.)
I'm cautiously optimistic about this one, mate. The *Predator* franchise has had its ups and downs – sometimes it's a perfectly executed headshot, other times it's like an unpatched buggy mess that crashes your console. But with Trachtenberg at the helm again, and this intriguing setup, there's a chance they might just level up the lore. We'll have to see if this 'kill or be killed' mantra translates into a genuinely compelling story, or if it's just another respawn in a long line of sequels.
Keep an eye out for it in theaters this November. And hey, maybe we'll get a decent game out of it eventually, eh? A proper open-world hunt-em-up with dynamic alliances? Now *that* would be something.
*Original article sourced from IGN South Africa. Check it out for the full featurette
Tags: Predator, Sci-Fi, Gaming Culture, Movie Adaptations, Future of Gaming
Original article: IGN South Africa