Predator: Badlands Trailer Easter Eggs Leave Fans Thinking It’s Setting Up Alien vs. Predator 3

It’s just to accidental the debut Predator: Badlands trailer has sparked a treatment among fans of the long-running sci-fi movie franchise. Amid statement astir the new-look Yautja that appears to beryllium the protagonist this clip around, determination is besides excited speech astir assorted Easter eggs that precise overmuch look similar they’re mounting up an Alien tie-in.

First up, we spot Elle Fanning’s quality look to ‘reboot.’ Her eyes bash the Weyland Yutani reboot Andy's bash successful Alien: Romulus, suggesting she whitethorn beryllium a synthetic. We adjacent spot the Weyland Yutani logo connected her eyes erstwhile this creepy alteration happens. Weyland Yutani is of people the evil megacorp astatine the bosom of the events of the Alien franchise.

That's the Weyland Yutani logo connected Elle Fanning's eyes. Is she a synth?

Later successful the trailer, we spot a snapshot of the Weyland Yutani logo connected a damaged vehicle. Clearly, the corp made celebrated by the Alien franchise is operating successful this Predator movie. But wherefore and to what grade we bash not know.

It’s each precise intriguing, and, for some, precise exciting. Fans are present speculating that Predator: Badlands is present officially a portion of the ongoing Alien franchise, and volition acceptable up Alien vs. Predator 3 successful immoderate way, possibly with a post-credits country oregon possibly adjacent with a cameo from a Xenomorph.

So, could a caller AvP beryllium connected the way? Last year, Alien: Romulus filmmaker Fede Alvarez said he’d beryllium up for it, but would request assistance from Dan Tratchenberg — the manager of Predator: Badlands and prequel Prey.

“Maybe it’s thing I person to co-direct with my buddy Dan,” Alvarez told Deadline. “Maybe we should bash similar Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez did with Dusk Till Dawn. I’ll nonstop a half, and he’ll nonstop different half.”

Alvarez suggested that immoderate caller Alien vs. Predator would beryllium connected however good Alien: Romulus did. Well, fixed it made $350 cardinal astatine the planetary container bureau and 20th Century Studios is moving connected an thought for Alien: Romulus 2 that would proceed the communicative of the archetypal movie, with Alvarez perchance returning to direct, we’d accidental that container is ticked.

Also past year, 20th Century Studios president Steve Asbell teased an Alien vs. Predator movie, telling The Hollywood Reporter we’ll “probably” spot different one.

“It wouldn’t beryllium successful the mode you think,” Asbell clarified. “That’s the thing. Not successful the mode that it volition conscionable beryllium called Alien vs. Predator oregon thing similar the archetypal movies. If we bash this, they’ll beryllium organically created retired of these 2 franchises that we’ve continued with characters that we autumn successful emotion with and those characters volition combine… perhaps. But we haven’t gotten to that point. And we’re not conscionable going to bang it out.”

Then, speaking successful February, Alvarez elaborated connected however he’d similar to bash an Alien vs. Predator film, telling Collider: “The mode I would bash it, astir likely, if it could beryllium done this way… It’s harder to support secrets online… The champion AVP volition beryllium the 1 that you don’t cognize is AVP until the different feline shows up. You deliberation you’re watching a Predator movie, and past they onshore successful immoderate spot and determination are creatures, and fucking hell, it’s a Xenomorph. That would get me. ‘Fuck yeah!’ You’d spell crazy. Or vice versa, you’re successful an Alien movie, and past abruptly a mysterious carnal is there, and you tin perceive that sound, and you spot the cloak, and you go, ‘Is that a fucking Predator?’ And past turns retired it is. That would beryllium the mode to bash it, don’t you think? Once you enactment it successful the title, it’s like, ‘Spoiler alert.’ ”

So it sounds similar AvP 3 wouldn’t really beryllium called AvP 3 oregon adjacent Alien vs. Predator, but thing other wholly truthful the face-off comes arsenic a astonishment to fans.

Meanwhile, eagle-eyed fans person noticed what appears to beryllium an Independence Day notation successful the Predator: Badlands trailer. At the commencement of the video, we spot a skull trophy country successful the Predator tradition, and successful the mediate is what looks similar the skull of an alien from the celebrated sci-fi movie, which 20th Century besides owns. It’s either that oregon 1 of the aliens from War of the Worlds, though that seems little likely.

Am I the lone 1 that announcement the skull successful the middle?#PredatorBadlands pic.twitter.com/DeLzE5Mp6x

Are each these films present acceptable successful the aforesaid universe? Perhaps this skull country is conscionable a spot of fun, but you ne'er know. What we bash cognize is determination is plentifulness much Predator and Alien to come. FX TV amusement Alien: Earth hits Hulu soon, and an animated anthology called Predator: Killer of Killers is owed retired successful June.

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