Predator: Badlands Digital, 4K, Blu-ray, & DVD Release Dates Set for Elle Fanning Movie

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20th Century Studios has revealed when you’ll be able to buy Predator: Badlands on digital platforms, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD. The release will happen a little over a month after the film, starring Elle Fanning, first hit movie theaters.

Since it was released, both critics and general audiences have praised it. It currently has an 86% ‘Certified Fresh’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the best movies in the series.

The movie takes place on a dangerous, far-off planet in the future. It centers on Dek, a young Predator who has been exiled from his group. He teams up with Thia and together they face a difficult and risky quest to find a powerful enemy.

When are the digital, 4K, Blu-ray, & DVD release dates for Predator: Badlands?

You’ll be able to rent or buy the movie Predator: Badlands digitally starting January 6, 2026. Physical copies – including 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD – will be available on February 17, 2026. While in theaters, the film earned over $184 million worldwide.

The studio will also be releasing a limited edition 4K SteelBook for collectors.

Listed below are bonus features included in Predator: Badlands’ home video release.

Deleted & Pre-Visualization Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary:

  • Sand Trap – An early animatic version of Dek’s very different first encounter with Thia.
  • Squirt Canyon – The full version of Dek and Thia traversing the water-filled trench while trying to survive Genna…and each other.
  • Tessa vs. Abe – Tessa faces off against a superior synth in this deleted scene and storyline.
  • Razor Grass – The original previsualization of Dek, Thia, and Bud’s first hunt together…sort of.
  • The Outpost – Thia takes Dek to a small Weyland-Yutani field facility, where they experience a few things that ended up being used elsewhere in the final film.
  • Super Power Loader Extended – Special additional moments during Dek’s climactic final battle with the Super Power Loader and the Kalisk.

Featurettes:

  • Embodying the Predator – Meet the talented team of designers, performers, and effects artists responsible for bringing one of cinema’s most terrifying creatures to life on screen in ways we’ve never seen before!
  • Authentic Synthetics – Get up close and personal with synths Thia and Tessa as star Elle Fanning walks us through the process of crafting two characters who may look the same but have evolved in surprisingly unique ways.
  • Building the Badlands – With razor-sharp grass, killer trees, and terrifying animals, never has a planet been more deadly than Genna. Uncover how a team of artisans built this threatening landscape, transforming real locations into the dangerous environments seen on screen.
  • Dek of the Yautja – For the first time ever, director Dan Trachtenberg has given audiences an extended peek at Predator culture. Follow the evolution as filmmakers reveal the process behind developing the Yautja’s home world, spacecraft, and family dynamics.
  • Audio Commentary: Watch the film with audio commentary by Director Dan Trachtenberg, Producer Ben Rosenblatt, Director of Photography Jeff Cutter, and Stunt Coordinator Jacob Tomuri.

Dan Trachtenberg directed and produced ‘Predator: Badlands,’ also co-writing the script with Patrick Aison. The film is based on characters originally created by Jim and John Thomas. This is Trachtenberg’s third time working with the ‘Predator’ franchise, following his direction of the prequel ‘Prey’ (2022) and the animated Disney+ film ‘Killers of Killers.’ Dakota Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi star in the movie, and John Davis, Marc Toberoff, Ben Rosenblatt, and Brent O’Connor served as producers.

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2025-12-30 19:27