Dan Trachtenberg has single-handedly resurrected the Predator franchise over the last few years, with Predator: Badlands representing his third straight critically successful movie in the franchise.

Predator: Badlands, the seventh film in the Predator franchise (nine if counting the two Alien vs. Predator movies), aims to give November a strong start after a slow October at the box office.

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...