Predator: Badlands” is aiming to sink its teeth into $25 million to $30 million in its North American box office debut. The sci-fi adventure, starring Elle Fanning, is tracking to earn another $35 million to $38 million internationally for a global debut of $60 million to $68 million.

Dan Trachtenberg’s follow-up to 'Prey' co-stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as an outcast member of the extraterrestrial titular species.

Director and co-writer Dan Trachtenberg has merged a young, eager-to-prove-his mettle Predator with Fanning’s hip android for “Predator: Badlands” and it’s basically an unlikely buddy movie with decapitations. Fanning spends the first part in a makeshift backpack, nattering on while the Predator strides along and snarls.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Predator: Badlands" is a bold new movie in the science-fiction franchise, and it's out this week. Elle Fanning and the actor who gets the new Predator in terrifying trouble talked about this thriller that's already getting great reviews.

Playing the year's most unlikely partners required movie magic, some creative thinking and a lot of fitness: "Dimitrius basically did a whole 'America Ninja Warrior' course to train for the audition and everything else.

The hunt is back on, and this time it’s crossing into new territory. Predator: Badlands hits U.S. theaters this weekend, and director Dan Trachtenberg has confirmed that the film doesn’t just expand the Predator mythology,

Predator: Badlands is the forthcoming film in the sci-fi action genre and is the ninth entry in the Predator franchise.

When it came to her glam, Fanning continued her timeless elegance theme. The “Sentimental Value” star’s makeup, by artist Erin Ayanian Monroe, featured bold brows with lined eyes and a glossy lip for a clean, serene visage.

Predator: Badlands star, Elle Fanning, and director, Dan Trachtenberg, take audiences behind the scenes in a new featurette. Watch it here.

Predator: Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg, is expected to gross more than $25 million at the domestic box office.

Elle Fanning posed on the red carpet for her latest film, Predator: Badlands, at the world premiere in Hollywood on 3. The 27-year-old actress showed up looking every bit the movie star in a sleek black gown that screamed classic Hollywood but with a modern edge.

That story then becomes an emotionally charged adventure as Dek and Thia traverse Genna, encountering all manner of wild, deadly, awesome creatures as they attempt to find and destroy the Kalisk. The action in Badlands is incredibly electric because you really never know what’s next.