Dan Trachtenberg is directing his third Predator film with Badlands, and if the first 15 minutes are any indication, he's about to score a hat trick.

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

On July 21, Predator: Badlands, which is the seventh film in the main franchise, released its official trailer that shows the two characters battling Predators while also forming a friendship. Here's everything to know about Predator: Badlands.

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The latest installment of the Predator franchise sees a young Yautja warrior teaming up with a Weyland-Yutani synth. Writer/director Dan Trachtenberg and stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi explain how this odd pairing work as partners and whether fans should expect Badlands to feature more concrete connections to the Alien movies,

The latest movie in the "Predator" series flips the script to focus on the bad guys who always lose to the humans in the end, director Dan Trachtenberg said on Friday. "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.

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