DUBAI: In the latest installment of the “Predator” franchise, director Dan Trachtenberg is breaking uncharted territory by challenging the boundaries of traditional genre constraints, according to stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. “Predator: Badlands,” set further into the future than any previous entry in the “Predator” universe, introduces two complex characters who defy expectations. Fanning plays Thia, a Weyland-Yutanisynthetic android, and describes her character as a revolutionary departure from previous portrayals of humanoid machines.

"Predator: Badlands," in theaters Friday, uses the previous eight films to inspire a story with a sympathetic alien hunting on a planet deadlier than Earth.

The seventh installment in this franchise that began in 1987 thrusts the warrior beast onto a hostile planet where it must prove its bravery. Packed with references to science…

DUBAI: In the latest installment of the “Predator” franchise, director Dan Trachtenberg is breaking uncharted territory by challenging the boundaries of traditional genre…