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Predator: Badlands has received a surprising MPA rating that has left some fans feeling disappointed.
Predator: Badlands opens in United States theaters next month. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the 20th Century Studios sequel movie stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning.
What is Predator: Badland’s MPA rating?
Predator: Badlands will receive a PG-13 rating. This makes it the first movie in the main Predator franchise to not be rated R; although, the 2004 Alien vs. Predator crossover movie was also rated PG-13.
Some fans were disappointed to learn this news, while others are approaching it with optimism and putting their faith in Trachtenberg.
That’s pretty concerning actually. I don’t really know if a Predator movie can work without blood and gore. I know this is different, with a Predator as the protagonist, but this is still going to be a challenge to have work. The concept is still interesting so we’ll have to see.— drstrangefan (@Justanavrage) October 7, 2025
Predator: Badlands being PG-13 doesn’t at all mean it’s going to be any less violent than other Predator movies. There are no humans in the movie. And when the violence is creature on creature and the blood being spilled isn’t red human blood, you can get away with a whole lot. https://t.co/wId1XSsmvI— John Squires ? (@FreddyInSpace) October 6, 2025
The PG-13 fatigue is back ?????Die Hard and Terminator were got this in the past, will Predator survive from this ? ? pic.twitter.com/UlgXbOP7sz— Peter Rabbit’s Awards Buzz ?? (@PeterRabbit_4DX) October 7, 2025
PREDATOR BADLANDS being PG-13 means not a whole lot when you remember the Bay TRANSFORMER films are also PG-13. You can get away with a helluva lot when you aren’t killing people onscreen.The MPAA, odd as ever.— Max Deering (@ODSTSpartan) October 7, 2025
Producer Ben Rosenblatt told IGN that, despite the PG-13 rating, Badlands will still have plenty of alien violence for fans to enjoy. He said that they intended to make a PG-13 film that “feels like an R” in an effort to “broaden out the audience for a movie like this.
“We don’t have any humans in the movie, and so we don’t have any human red blood,” he said. “So we’re hoping that’s gonna play to our advantage. We’re going to go as hard as we possibly can within those constraints, and we think we’ll be able to do some pretty awesomely gruesome stuff. But in colors other than red.”
It’s worth noting that Predator: Badlands has not yet received an official MPA on FilmRatings.com or 20th Century Studios. While it’s still expected to get a PG-13, the official reasoning behind the rating has not yet been disclosed.
The synopsis for Predator: Badlands reads, “Set in the future on a deadly remote planet, Badlands follows a young Predator outcast (played by newcomer Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) who finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Elle Fanning) as he embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.”
Predator: Badlands will be released on November 7, 2025.
