Predator Badlands — Buddy Bonds and Alien Tongues

In this episode of Byte,, Tony goes deep into the making of Predator: Badlands with stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning, alongside director Dan Trachtenberg. What begins as a survival story quickly evolves into a buddy movie with teeth—literally. The trio unpack how character chemistry, predator mythology, and linguistic world-building came together to create a fresh take on the iconic franchise.

With audio supplied by 20th Century Fox, listeners get a behind-the-scenes look at how the team reimagined the predator’s language, built emotional stakes into the action, and honored the legacy of the hunt while pushing it into new terrain.

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