Badlands panel in Hall H Friday, fans were treated to the first 15 minutes of director Dan Trachtenberg's latest franchise installment. The film features the first alien protagonist in the series, as a young outcast Predator forms an unlikely alliance with an android on a hostile alien planet.

The Predator franchise has made a roaring comeback in the last few years – largely thanks to the efforts of filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg, who surprised everyone with his Predator prequel film Prey in 2022.

Predator: Badlands’ new trailer confirms that the Alien and Predator franchises have crossed over again – and I’m very excited about it.

Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg sheds light on the film's Alien crossover and his shared universe plans.

Predator: Badlands just got a truly kickass new trailer that showcases a young Yautja on its first hunt, tracking down an unkillable quarry on a hostile alien planet. He's not alone, as Elle Fanning's Weyland-Yutani android Thia is along for the ride.

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

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, "Badlands" director Dan Trachtenberg confirms Fanning's character Thia is a Weyland-Yutani synthetic, and he also explains why he chose that over casting the actress as a human.

Con. Disney unveiled details about “Tron: Ares,” which stars Jared Leto, Jeff Bridges and Greta Lee at an evening presentation in Comic-Con's famed Hall H. It will be the third feature film in the “Tron” franchise that kicked off with the hit 1982 film and had a 2010 sequel,