Dan Trachtenberg finally gets the Comic-Con he dreamt of when he was a young fan. Disney was in full on show, don’t tell mode for Predator: Badlands, unveiling the intense first 15 minutes of the upcoming sci-fi adventure movie for a primed Comic-Con crowd.

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.

"Predator: Badlands" arrived at Hall H on Thursday to preview footage from the upcoming sci-fi film from "Prey" director Dan Trachtenberg.

We saw the first 15 minutes of the latest 'Predator' film from director Dan Trachtenberg, which stars Elle Fanning and comes out in November.

"The predator never wins," Trachtenberg told an audience at San Diego Comic-Con after footage of Predator: Badlands debuted at the convention's Disney panel.

For decades, fans have been longing for someone to take on the Predator franchise that really gets what makes a strong Predator-orientated film. In 2022, Dan Trachtenberg blew everyone away with the release of Prey, a Predator prequel that not only matched the original 1987 movie but in many ways surpassed it.

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

Badlands has raised immense anticipation and curiosity among the audience about whether, in this film, the worlds of the alien and the predators will collide