Predator: Badlands

On Yautja Prime, young Dek is deemed too weak, and his father, clan leader Njohrr, orders his brother Kwei to kill him. Kwei helps him escape and dies for it. Dek heads alone to Genna, the deadliest planet there is, to hunt the Kalisk, a monster no Predator has ever taken down. There he reluctantly teams up with Thia, a Weyland-Yutani synthetic torn in half, and Bud, a small creature that tags along. The Kalisk spares Dek: Bud is its offspring. Thia's synthetic sister, Tessa, captures Dek and the Kalisk for the company. Dek rescues Thia, and in the final fight Tessa and the Kalisk both die. Back on Yautja Prime, Dek defeats his father. Left open: a huge ship arrives, carrying his mother.

1. Behind the scenesElle Fanning vs. Elle Fanning

   Elle Fanning plays both synthetics: Thia, who helps Dek, and Tessa, the "sister" working for Weyland-Yutani.

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2. ReferenceNumbers from the 1987 countdown

   Linguist Britton Watkins built a written and spoken Yautja language. Its numerals come from the self-destruct countdown in the 1987 Predator.

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3. Behind the scenesThe main series' first PG-13

   It's the first mainline Predator film rated PG-13. Before it, only the Alien vs. Predator crossover had gotten that rating.

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