Badlands comes home next week

It was a great year for Predatorbetween the animated epic Killer of killers And Badlandsteam action which makes it one of our favorite movies of the year. But if you were particularly a fan of the latter, then there is good news: Dek and Thia will be returning home very soon.

This morning, 20th Century Studios announced that Predator: Badlands would finally be released digitally next week, on January 6, before a wider home release the following month, in February.

With Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Badlands follows young Yautja Dek (Schuster-Koloamatangi) as he ventures into the hostile world of Genna in an attempt to prove himself to his father and his clan by slaying a deadly beast. Meeting a heavily damaged Weyland-Yutani android, Thia (Fanning) upon arrival, the unlikely pair find themselves teaming up to escape both the dangerous flora and fauna of Genna and the long reach of Thia’s creators.

In addition to the film itself, the home release of Badlands will come with plenty of added bonus features, including an audio commentary for the film helmed by director Dan Trachtenberg, featurettes on the film’s approach to Predator culture and the creation of Genna’s world, and, of course, several deleted scenes. Find out all the details below!

Deleted scenes and preview with optional audio commentary:

Sand trap—An early animatic version of Dek’s very different first meeting with Thia.
Squirt Canyon—The full version of Dek and Thia running through the water-filled trench while trying to survive Genna…and each other.
Tessa vs. Abe—Tessa confronts a superior synth in this deleted scene and storyline.
Razor herb—The original preview 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 discover a few things that ended up being used elsewhere in the final film.
Extended Super Power Charger—Special additional moments during Dek’s climactic final battle with the Super Power Loader and the Kalisk.

Featurettes:

Play 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 a way 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 creating two characters who may look similar but have evolved in surprisingly unique ways.
Building the Badlands—With sharp grass, killer trees, and terrifying animals, never has a planet been deadlier than Genna. Discover how a team of artisans constructed this menacing landscape, transforming real locations into dangerous environments seen on screen.
Yautja Dek—For the first time ever, director Dan Trachtenberg gave audiences an in-depth look at Predator culture. Follow the evolution as filmmakers reveal the process behind the development of the Yautja homeworld, starship, and family dynamics.
Audio commentary—Watch the film with audio commentary from director Dan Trachtenberg, producer Ben Rosenblatt, cinematographer Jeff Cutter and stunt coordinator Jacob Tomuri.

Predator: Badlands will be released digitally on January 6, before a release in physical Blu-Ray and UHD formats on February 17.

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