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.

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

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.

There’s no Marvel here at Comic-Con this year, but Disney has a one-two punch of 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands, followed by Tron: Ares. Before the first 15 minutes were shown, the Badlands panel began with one of the Predator warriors coming on stage and scanning the Hall H audience with his uber-multi-color-vision (the projection

Director Dan Trachtenberg brought new footage to the convention alongside stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi to talk up the movie.

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.

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