SPOILER ALERT: This story includes major plot details, including the ending, of “Predator: Badlands,” currently playing in theaters. When Dan Trachtenberg first began conceiving “Predator: Badlands,” ...

Now, the new film Predator: Badlands is getting attention for its prominent use of Weyland-Yutani, the organization that has been a major part of the Alien franchise since the start. Yet this is ...