In this VFX breakdown of Predator: Badlands, you can explore the hostile world of Yautja Prime. The Yard was entrusted with the film’s opening sequence, creating the first five minutes entirely in VFX. This included everything from vast desert landscapes and towering rocky formations to the full-CG Crystal Cave.
The Yard developed multiple environments in full CG, blending detailed modeling, lookdev, lighting, and compositing to deliver a visually credible alien world. The breakdown also features original digital creatures, Predator digi-doubles Dek and Kwei, the synthetic humanoid Thia, and a large array of subtle FX.
