Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Predator: Killer of Killers!

Although it has not yet been officially announced, it seems incredibly likely that Disney will be doing a new Alien vs. Predator movie sometime soon. Both the Alien and Predator franchises have had something of a renaissance lately, with the former getting the critically-acclaimed Alien: Romulus and the upcoming TV series Alien: Earth, and the latter getting a trilogy of Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, and Predator: Badlands. With all of these recent successes, Disney seems to now be leaning into the Alien and Predator shared universe connections, setting up the possibility of a third Alien vs. Predator film.

2025 will see the release of two Predator films, with the animated Predator: Killer of Killers now out on Hulu and the upcoming Predator: Badlands coming to theaters in November. After the success of Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers has been another critical hit for the franchise, and many fans are hoping that Dan Trachtenberg continues these successes with Predator: Badlands. Interestingly, these two films have begun to reference the Alien franchise more than the series has in years, meaning that something big may be coming.

Predator: Killer Of Killers Seemingly Has A Big Xenomorph Easter Egg

Has The Predator Warlord Killed A Xenomorph?

Near the end of the film, the characters in Predator: Killer of Killers wind up on a Yautja planet, where they encounter the ᴅᴇᴀᴅly Predator Warlord. The Warlord has a unique design, with his most noticeable characteristic being his cape of bones. Although it has not been confirmed, the bones that make up this cape look shockingly like the Xenomorph tails from the Alien franchise. Since Predators often make costumes out of the bodies of the species they’ve killed, it would make sense for the Warlord to make his cape out of fallen Xenomorph.

Disney’s Upcoming Alien & Predator Projects Are Teasing Franchise Connections

Hinting At Another Crossover

Another Alien vs. Predator movie isn’t a stretch at all, as the Predator franchise has been explicitly highlighting its connections to Alien. The Predator: Badlands trailer features a Xenomorph skull on a wall of skeletons, with the wall also featuring the Independence Day aliens. On top of that, Elle Fanning’s Thia in Predator: Badlands is actually a Weyland-Yutani synthetic. In the trailer, her eyes can be seen glitching and briefly showing the Weyland-Yutani logo, confirming that she comes from the antagonistic Alien corporation.

Although Alien hasn’t referenced Predator as explicitly, there is one tease. In the trailer for the upcoming Alien: Earth TV show, it is revealed that a ship that contained five of the most dangerous species in the galaxy crash-landed on Earth. While the Xenomorph is presumably one of them, it hasn’t been revealed what the other aliens are. Interestingly, one of the characters refers to the aliens as “predatory,” with this being a potential Predator tease.

The Alien Vs. Predator Teases Fit With Previous Comments

Disney Is Interested In Making A Third AvP

Interestingly, it has already been confirmed that a third Alien vs. Predator movie would “probably” happen. 20th Century president Steve Asbell was discussing the recent successes of the two franchises when he confirmed that the studio was thinking about a third film. However, Asbell also explained that “we haven’t gotten to that point,” meaning that the teases are all that we will get for now. Here are Asbell’s full comments:

[You will] probably [see another Alien vs. Predator movie.] It wouldn’t be in the way you think. That’s the thing. Not in the way that it will just be called Alien vs. Predator or anything like the original movies. If we do this, they’ll be organically created out of these two franchises that we’ve continued with characters that we fall in love with and those characters will combine…perhaps. But we haven’t gotten to that point. And we’re not just going to bang it out.

Alien Vs. Predator 3 Makes Sense Now Disney Has Revived Both Franchises

Compared To Where They Were When The First AvP Was Released

Although the first two Alien vs. Predator movies weren’t received well, now is the perfect time to make a new one. When Alien vs. Predator and its sequel were made, both franchises were at a dark time. The most recent Alien movie was Alien Resurrection, and the most recent Predator movie was 1990’s Predator 2. The quality of the crossovers reflected the quality of the franchises at that point, leading to the poorly-received movies that were released.

However, Disney has managed to revitalize both franchises better than anyone could have imagined, Alien: Romulus and Prey helped raise the bar for what these franchises could be, and both Alien and Predator have big new projects in the works. Now that the quality and popularity of these films has risen, it is possible that the quality and popularity of a third Alien vs. Predator movie could be raised as well.