Updated on: Nov 04, 2025 04:09 pm IST Predator Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg talks about Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi playing a young Predator in the new film. The Predator franchise takes on another step in a new direction with the upcoming film, Predator: Badlands, which makes a young Predator the protagonist for the first time. Set on a remote, lethal planet, the film sees the young predator tackle obstacles coming his way and form an improbable, volatile pact with a cyborg. Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in Predator: Badlands. Director Dan Trachtenberg has opened up on casting the two pivotal characters, and how actor Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi brings vulnerability to the character. Dan Trachtenberg on Dimitrius “Dimitrius was one of the most remarkable finds of my career,” said Dan, “He had a lovely audition, but we wanted to​ see what he was capable of physically, so we had a day where we brought in a bunch of stunt performers​ and set up an obstacle course. The way Dimitrius navigated that course was insane. The swashbuckle he​ brought to all the sliding, …