Posted in: 20th Century Studios, Movies | Tagged: 20th century studios, alien, predator, Predator: BadlandsPredator: Badlands Director on Navigating Two Franchise TimelinesThe director of Predator: Badlands opens up about how he wanted to place the film at the furthest point of the Alien and Predator franchises. Article Summary Predator: Badlands dominates the box office, scoring the biggest opening in the Predator franchise's history. Predator: Badlands is turning out to be exactly the kind of win the franchise needed to prove itself with modern audiences. Director Dan Trachtenberg has been clear that Predator: Badlands pushes things further ahead than anything we have seen before. Predator: Badlands Director on TimelineHe tells Variety, "Very intentionally, it is the furthest into the future in both Predator and Alien.