Dan Trachtenberg's third Predator movie breaks franchise's conventions to prove the Yautja can have a broader appeal.

The hunt is back on, and this time it’s crossing into new territory. Predator: Badlands hits U.S. theaters this weekend, and director Dan Trachtenberg has confirmed that the film doesn’t just expand the Predator mythology,

Aison and Trachtenberg explore ideas about dominance, empathy, and the paradox of strength—how compassion can threaten a culture built on conquest. But the film’s philosophizing—especially Thia’s on-the-nose monologue about wolves and pack hierarchy, for example—spells out what might’ve been more haunting left unsaid.

Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg tells Yahoo UK about the new film in the franchise, including its Alien connection and creating new worlds.

The extra-terrestrial killing machine loses its menacing mojo in an FX-heavy but otherwise lightweight sci-fi fantasy

Badlands creative team has addressed how the new movie crosses over with the Alien franchise and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s potential return as Dutch. Predator: Badlands arrives in United States theaters this weekend.

Ahead of the release of Predator: Badlands, director Dan Trachtenberg has debunked a popular theory among fans – no, the new film's Yautja is not actually Broken Tusk, the character from the Dark Horse comics. The filmmaker might have taken inspiration from him, but he didn't want to do "direct reimaginings."

But I’m currently laid up with the Acer Predator Triton 14 AI on my knee, listening to John Coltrane put his soul into his sax, feeling like a smooth operator with every key, with a stylus shoved between my thumb and ring finger like a 1950s novelist about to take a drag from a cigarette.

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Chances are you had to dissect a frog in high school biology class.