Usually, activations at San Diego Comic-Con are announced at least a few weeks in advance. That gives fans an opportunity to prioritize their favorites, map them out, and then hit the ground running.

Badlands panel in Hall H Friday, fans were treated to the first 15 minutes of director Dan Trachtenberg's latest franchise installment. The film features the first alien protagonist in the series, as a young outcast Predator forms an unlikely alliance with an android on a hostile alien planet.