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Rick and Morty appearance

While I'm sure some people will care about this, it seems odd that it appears three times in the current iteration of the page (in the infobox, the navbox, and the "Other appearances" section). Regardless of whether it was an "officially licenced" appearance or not, it's not an animated series in the Predator franchise, it's a cameo in an existing series, so I don't think it belongs in either box - "other appearances" should be fine.

I'm making an edit to implement this, but it looks like the addition to the infobox has been reverted and re-instated at least once, so I'm starting a thread about it. If people disagree and a permanant link does go in, can we please at least make it titled "Rick and Morty", which is the name of the show, after all. When it appears with the full name of the episode ("How Poopy Got His Poop Back") without context, it just looks like vandalism. Karaken12 (talk) 02:09, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the Predator is a minor character in the episode, it does not belong where it is listed right now.★Trekker (talk) 02:11, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A second new Predator movie is coming from Dan T.

Here’s a big one. Will the next Predator movie get a theatrical release? [Editors note: this conversation took place before Disney dated Predator: Badlands for a 2025 release in theaters.]

Yes. And no.

You’re killing me here.

Yes, a Predator movie will have a theatrical. I’ll tell you very simply. After Prey became a success, Dan [Trachtenberg] came back and said he didn’t want to do Prey 2. And we’re like, “What do you want to do?” And he rattled off a bunch of ideas that were really crazy but really cool. We’ve actually done two of them. Two are coming out next year. One I can’t talk about yet, but the other one is the live-action Predator film with Elle Fanning that just wrapped in New Zealand. That’ll be out theatrically sometime next year.

You’re blowing my mind. Let’s tackle this one at time. One Predator movie is coming out theatrically?

It’s titled Badlands and it is an absolutely bonkers idea. It is a sci-fi thing, but it’s not what everybody thinks it is. And I mean, it’s awesome. It is so nuts. But in Dan, we trust.

Now you said there’s a second Predator movie.

There’s a second Predator movie that we have different plans for. Dan has actually directed both.

So there’s a secret Predator movie—

There’s a secret Predator movie that will come out before the theatrical one but I can’t say anything about yet.

via: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/predator-movie-an-alien-sequel-speed-3-1236042464/ Jjmcook (talk) 02:03, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The shooting is disputed between events of Predator 2 and Predators

This new information appears after the release of The Predator (2018). Until now Predators it has always been in the present time! If he was filming in the future it would have been known from the very beginning... For me Predators is set present time. There are other sources that confirm this. See here https://www.space.com/predator-movies-in-order here https://www.ign.com/articles/the-predator-movies-in-order and here https://screenrant.com/predator-movies-timeline-explained/ What do you guys think? Is it enough to edit the page to say that there is no filming between these events parts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.215.226.170 (talk) 16:43, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://people.com/how-to-watch-predator-movies-in-order-11749118 More sources that prove the facts!!! Is not between events of Predator 2 and Predators 89.215.226.170 (talk) 13:55, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.avpcentral.com/alien-vs-predator-timeline More sources 89.215.226.170 (talk) 15:52, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://ew.com/how-to-watch-all-the-predator-movies-in-order-11689904 More sources 89.215.226.170 (talk) 15:55, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/film-and-tv-reviews/predator-movies-in-order More sources 89.215.226.170 (talk) 15:57, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.justwatch.com/us/guide/predator-movies-in-order More sources 89.215.226.170 (talk) 16:00, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The movie Predators (also referred to as Predator 3) is difficult to pinpoint within the timeline due to the absence of specific dates. Most sources place the Game Preserve Planet hunt in 2010, aligning with the film's release year. 89.215.226.170 (talk) 19:16, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a865913/predator-movies-timeline-explained-alien/ More sources 89.215.226.170 (talk) 20:54, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

None of those are official sources. Just because fan-made timelines list it as being set before The Predator doesn't mean that it is. You have to find actual quotes from creatives involved.

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Valid sources:

https://youtube/P7pOiu1kmZU?si=LvggPf6w9Fm_hDzd

https://youtube/cKkge7zxfJM?si=RJmOR6Sqeq6JXx5A

https://youtube/-9kj86URQo0?si=R5aDIDx7pz0fd5Yz

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Shane Black, the director of The Predator, stated that Predators is set after The Predator. Predator: Hunting Grounds, which we include on the timeline list, suggests that Isabelle was on the Game Planet Reserve for a whole year. That game is set in 2025, as are those tapes which are explicitly shown to be set after The Predator.

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So, Predators is objectively set in 2024. Marvel comics might have placed it in 2010, but they introduced the concept of Yautja cryogenically freezing prey to hunt on the Game Planet Reserve, which has now also appeared in the latest movie except with a different planet. They could have been taken in 2010, frozen until 2024, and then Isabelle spent a year on the planet before finding her way to Earth in 2025. MumfordFN2187 (talk) 17:24, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that those links don't work.

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Videos:

1. Exclusive: Shane Black on his 'The Predator' movie and how it fits in the Predators Universe (by HeyUGuys)

2. All New OWLF Tapes 21-39 in Predator: Hunting Grounds (by Crazyboy9)

3. Predator: Hunting Grounds - Isabelle Tapes - Predator Lore (by Aliens vs. Predator Galaxy Repository) MumfordFN2187 (talk) 17:29, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The sources are official, there is something else. Roughly 2008. Nikolai was fighting in the second Chechen war which ended in 2009. 2010, especially since the dates of the Afghan War and the Chechen war (which are referenced in the film) would line up with that. I say 2010 because in the hunting grounds video games Gary busey’s son’s character from The Predator Mentions Isabelle returning which means she returns before the events of The Predator (2018) 89.215.226.170 (talk) 17:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I give an example Predator: Badlands It is known to take place in the future even before the movie is released. Is Predators develops in the future we would have known this many years ago It doesn't make any sense that the movie is set in the future, this is some new fictional news. 89.215.226.170 (talk) 18:01, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Predators take place in 2010, not in the future like Shane Black says because Shane Black proved to be incompetent and oblivious to anything related to Predator. For some reason he thought Predators take place in the future and that's just his stupid incoherent conclusion. The Predator is proof we should discredit everything coming from Shane. 89.215.226.170 (talk) 18:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

these so-called creators are talking nonsense I can think of another example Hugh Jackman said that Logan is a different universe but it is part of the same timeline as the other X-Men films 89.215.226.170 (talk) 20:47, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.soapcentral.com/entertainment/where-predator-killer-killers-fit-franchise-s-timeline-details-explored More timeline 89.215.226.170 (talk) 21:04, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]