Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Predator: Killer of Killers!

Predator: Badlands is the second of the two Predator movies releasing in 2025, and I’m now convinced that it will have a major connection to Predator: Killer of Killers thanks to that shocking ending reveal. Predator: Killer of Killers seemed to be a stand-alone anthology film, with it exploring the stories of Predators who fought against Vikings, Samurai, and World War II pilots. However, the final segment of Predator: Killer of Killers revealed that the Hulu film is so much more than that, setting up some major story reveals for Predator: Badlands.

Predator: Killer of Killers fourth segment sees the protagonists of each of the three previous segments get thrown together, with them finding themselves on the Yautja planet. There, the trio is forced to fight each other to the death in a gladiatorial arena, with the winner then having to fight the Predator Warlord. However, the trio instead devises a plan to get to the Warlord’s ship and make their escape back to Earth. Unfortunately, the Viking Ursa sacrifices herself to save them, with her being captured by the Predators. She is placed into suspended animation, with the Predators then taking her to a shocking location.

Dek Could Find Predator: Killer Of Killer’s Archive Of Champions In Predator: Badlands

Both Films Could Be Set On The Same Planet

At the very end of Predator: Killer of Killers, the Yautja can be seen taking Ursa’s animation chamber into a room full of similar devices. Each device contains a different creature from across the galaxy who has killed a Predator, revealing that the Yautja keep the prey who triumph over the Predators in an archive of champions. The film then shows that one of these chambers contains Naru, the protagonist of Prey who successfully killed a Predator in the 1700s. The film then cuts to the credits, but it is doubtful that this will be the last we see of the archive of champions.

It has been revealed that Predator: Badlands will follow a Yautja protagonist named Dek, with it being set on an unknown planet. While very few details have been revealed about this planet, it is entirely possible that the planet could contain the archive of champions from Predator: Killer of Killers. The synopsis for the film reveals that Dek is attempting to hunt the “ultimate adversary,” and this adversary could be one of the champions who previously killed a Predator. Dek could also seek help from one of the champions, as he has already enlisted the help of a Weyland-Yutani android.

This Predator: Badlands Reveal Would Perfectly Tie Together Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator Trilogy

Connecting Prey, Predator: Badlands, & Predator: Killer Of Killers

Although each Predator movie is only loosely connected through its characters, the fact that Dan Trachtenberg is the director of this entire trilogy suggests that the story may come together in Predator: Badlands. If Dek does find the archive of champions, then each of Trachtenberg’s films connects to tell one large story. Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers are already connected thanks to Naru’s cameo in the animated film, and Naru or some original Predator killers could return in Predator: Badlands.

This would also explain why two Predator movies are releasing in 2025. Predator: Badlands comes out in November, and it would be weird for the film to completely ignore the Predator: Killer of Killers reveal from just a few months before. Thus, it only makes sense for the archive of champions to return.

Predator: Killer Of Killers’ Ending Could Make Predator: Badlands The Ultimate Predator Crossover Movie

Any Predator Protagonist Could Return

While Naru has already returned, she is far from the only character who could appear in Predator: Badlands. Essentially any character who has killed a Predator could be in the archive of champions, meaning that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dutch, Danny Glover’s Mike Harrigan, Adrien Brody’s Royce, and more could be back. If these characters appear in Predator: Badlands, then it would make the upcoming film the ultimate Predator crossover, and it is all thanks to Predator: Killer of Killers.