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Where To Watch Arnold Schwarzenegger's Predator: Killer of Killers Ending Epilogue?
Curious to know where to watch the extended ending of featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The anthology film focuses on a Viking raider, a ninja in Japan, and a pilot from the Second World War facing off against a dangerous intergalactic hunter. Following its release in June 2025, the makers have now added an extended scene with the celebrated actor that will leave everyone intrigued. Here is everything you need to know about the ending epilogue of the science fiction action horror. Where to watch Predator: Killer of Killers with extended Arnold Schwarzenegger ending Fans can stream Predator: Killer of Killers with an extended ending featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger on Hulu. The movie originally premiered on June 6, 2025, on the streaming platform. It opened to mostly positive reviews, with fans engaged by the storytelling. Recently, the franchise's creator, Dan Trachtenberg, made an exciting revelation at the San Diego Comic-Con. The news was shared almost two months after the release. He announced that a new cut of the animated movie will be released on the same day. The director shared that the extended version will feature Schwarzenegger's Dutch from the original 1987 film and Danny Glover's Lieutenant Mike Harrigan from Predator 2. Additionally, he stated that there would be a scene with Amber Midthunder's Naru. This special ending was showcased for the 20th Century Studios/Disney's Predator: Badlands panel in Hall H. The scene begins with the predator warriors carrying the floating coffins of humans. These are the bodies of Dutch, Naru, and Lt. Mike Harrigan. They are captured and frozen by the Yautja. Trachtenberg also mentioned getting permission from Schwarzenegger to unfold fresh stories with his iconic character. Moreover, he joked about having breakfast with the 77-year-old and getting his assurance for the same. He got the confirmation to use his ways and make the scene canon in the overall franchise. The extended ending has seemingly set up a new lore, with Dutch, Naru, and Harrigan expected to get back in action. Fans can catch Predator: Killer of Killers' extended cut on Hulu. Additionally, the next film, titled Predator: Badlands, will be released in theaters on November 7, 2025.
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2 days ago
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Arnold Schwarzenegger makes ‘cameo' return to popular movie franchise
Arnold Schwarzenegger 's likeness has been used in an epilogue scene for Predator: Killer of Killers, marking his return to the franchise after almost 40 years. The actor, 77, gave his permission for his character, Major Alan 'Dutch' Schaefer, to be featured in the new scene, which is canon to the series. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the epilogue shows predator warriors carrying coffins of several human characters, including Dutch, Lt Mike Harrigan, and Naru. Schwarzenegger previously provided voice work for the Predator: Hunting Grounds video game five years ago. Separately, Schwarzenegger identified Terminator: Salvation as the worst film in The Terminator franchise, citing his absence from the movie as the reason.
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3 days ago
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Predator is prey in the Predator: Badlands trailer
The new trailer for Predator: Badlands, the latest installment in director Dan Trachtenberg's reimagined Predator series, isn't shy about its Alien connection. Opening on a shot of the android Thia (Elle Fanning), the trailer makes no effort to hide who this synthetic's MU/TH/UR is. Weyland-Yutani, the dastardly corporation behind the trials of Ellen Ripley, is front and center in the trailer for Predator: Badlands, a movie poised to break the series wide-open and use 20th Century Studios' properties to its advantage. What could Weyland-Yutani be looking for on 'the most dangerous planet in the universe?' Based on the company's history, a creature for the betterment of mankind. Predator: Badlands follows a young predator named Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), who straps Thia to his back C-3PO-style and sets off on his first hunt. Every other Predator film sees one ugly motherf— making its way to Earth in search of a worthy opponent, whether that be Danny Glover, Amber Midthunder, or your everyday Xenomorph. What this movie asks is, what if Predator became prey? Featuring sentient vines and dinosaur-sized baddies, Badlands pitches the most fantastical and expansive theatrical entry in the series' 40-year history. Predator: Badlands begins the hunt in theaters on November 7. More from A.V. Club A classic Sunny takes on Cybertrucks and slap fights South Park officially lands new deal hours before season 27 premiere NBC passes on Rutherford Falls team sitcom about Native community center Solve the daily Crossword
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A new cut of Predator: Killer Of Killers comes to Hulu tonight
Ahead of November release of Predator: Badlands, a new cut of Dan Trachtenberg's last Predator flick will debut on Hulu. At the stage in Hall H this afternoon at San Diego Comic-Con, Trachtenberg shared that a new cut of Predator: Killer Of Killers—the animated Predator movie that debuted in June—will hit Hulu tonight, bringing back a handful of characters from earlier parts of the franchise. The primary thing that's different from the previous cut on the streamer seems to be a new epilogue. Those in attendance this afternoon got a look at the epilogue, which Deadline reports includes Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch from the 1987 original film, Danny Glover's Lieutenant Mike Harrigan from the 1990 sequel, and Amber Midhunter's Naru, which led the 2022 film Prey, which also debuted on Hulu. The outlet reports that Trachenberg told the crowd he got clearance to use Schwarzenegger's likeness over breakfast and to make it canon that Dutch is still floating around out there. (So if or when there are more animated Predator movies, it sounds like there's a good chance that Dutch will be part of them.) Predator: Badlands premieres in theaters on November 7, making it the first Predator film to get a theatrical release since 2018's The Predator. Badlands stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi (who tackle an android and Predator in exile, respectively) and is helmed by Trachenberg, his third entry into the franchise after Prey and Killer Of Killers. More from A.V. Club The biggest news (so far) from San Diego Comic-Con 2025 What's on TV this week—Chief Of War and Eyes Of Wakanda R.I.P. Tom Lehrer, mathematician and musical satirist
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Predator Fans Mixed on Return of Dutch and Harrigan in Killer of Killers: ‘Harrigan and Dutch Had Good Endings. Zero Reason This Needed to Be Done'
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch is back in the world of Predator via an extended version of animated movie Killer of Killers — and it's sent fans of the long-running sci-fi franchise down a lore rabbit hole that calls into question the endings of the original movies and what was thought to be a canon Predator video game. This week at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, current Predator custodian Dan Trachtenberg announced a surprise extended version of Killer of Killers that shows Dutch from the original Predator and Danny Glover's Mike Harrigan from Predator 2 captured and frozen by the Yautja. Trachtenberg said during a panel at Comic-Con that Schwarzenegger had given his blessing to use Dutch in future stories, leaving the door open to a Killer of Killers follow-up that would see Dutch and co revived and pitted against a Predator once again. The extended version of Killer of Killers is out now, so fans are already analyzing it to within an inch of its life. Reaction appears to be mixed. While some are excited about the iconic characters' return, some are disappointed with the idea that the Yautja kidnap victorious humans in the first place. Let's remember the iconic scene at the end of Predator 2 where an elder Yautja rewards Harrigan with an antique flintlock pistol as a trophy. The suggestion now is Harrigan was later kidnapped and put in stasis, which some believe devalues the human victories seen in previous Predator movies. 'It just feels like shit knowing your favorite human survivors are just going to be kidnapped and probably killed in an arena by another human or by the Warlord,' said redditor Vector_Mortis. 'Why would the Yautja congratulate Harrigan, give him the pistol, and leave just to come back, take the pistol, and kidnap him?' wondered Slow_Obligation2286. 'I'm not a fan of this at all,' added Hanesman12. 'Harrigan and Dutch had good endings. Zero reason this needed to be done. Purely nostalgia bait.' 'This removes everything we previously knew about Dutch and Harrigan's timelines after the movies,' said Originalname888. 'This removes the honor code. This removes everything.' Fans are now latching onto a potential explanation for what is going on here: that the whole kidnap human survivors thing is the work of the Yautja tribe we see in Killer of Killers, which does not represent the Yautja as a whole. Perhaps this particular tribe has gone rogue and will eventually be put in its place. On that we'll have to wait and see, but what is irrefutable is that it is now canon that Dutch and Harrigan were kidnapped soon after the events of their movies and remain in stasis at this undetermined point in the future. But there's an additional tricky Predator lore question that revolves around Dutch. 2020's Predator: Hunting Grounds, developed by IllFonic, features Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as Dutch. In the run up to the game's release, the developers talked about working with people at previous rights holder Fox (this is before Disney bought the company and its franchises) to cement Hunting Grounds' place within the official Predator lore. This was exciting for fans as it meant Hunting Grounds officially revealed what happened to Dutch after the events of the first Predator movie — and there was no mention of being kidnapped by Yautja. Indeed, Hunting Grounds shows an older Dutch in the year 2025. So, is Hunting Grounds no longer canon? Is Trachtenberg ignoring it? Is there another explanation? These are just some of the questions fans are trying to answer in the wake of Dutch's return in Killer of Killers. Whatever Trachtenberg's master plan, there remains huge interest in the upcoming Predator: Badlands, the first 15 minutes of which were shown at Comic-Con. The Alien franchise links are clear, but will there be an AVP movie afterwards? We'll have to wait and see. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ or confidentially at wyp100@
