Arnold Schwarzenegger Teases Predator and Conan Sequels

During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote his upcoming Prime Video release The Man with the Bag arriving on Dec. 2, 2026, the actor mentioned he is interested in coming back to three legendary film series.

The actor discussed potential sequels to Predator, Conan the Barbarian, and Commando during his appearance on the late-night talk show. While promoting his latest project, host Jimmy Kimmel asked Schwarzenegger about his upcoming projects, prompting the actor to mention sequels to Predator and Conan the Barbarian, while also mentioning Commando.

“I’m looking forward to see the scripts, because that’s where the action is,” Schwarzenegger told Kimmel. “You know what’s not on the page is not on the stage. So I just wait for the scripts to be perfected and then we go and start shooting those things.”

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The acknowledgment marks the first time Schwarzenegger has acknowledged any involvement with a new Predator film. 20th Century Fox, now 20th Century Studios, previously attempted to bring the actor back for Predator 2, Predators, and The Predator, though he turned down those projects.

An animated project titled Predator: Killer of Killers hinted at how Dutch could make a comeback via a post-premiere bonus scene on Hulu that showed him preserved in stasis on the extraterrestrial homeworld. Producer Ben Rosenblatt revealed there had been talks between Schwarzenegger and director Dan Trachtenberg, though no further details were revealed.

The future of the Predator series is currently up in the air. Predator: Badlands achieved box office success as the highest-grossing entry in the franchise with $184.5 million worldwide, but there is still no official word on a new entry, and director Trachtenberg signed a development deal with Paramount Pictures in June 2026.

Schwarzenegger offered more concrete updates regarding the Conan series. Development on another installment in the Conan the Barbarian franchise has stalled since 1997, following the star’s earlier appearances in Conan the Barbarian (1982), Conan the Destroyer (1984), and Red Sonja (1985). Universal Pictures announced a project titled The Legend of Conan in 2012 that would ignore Conan the Destroyer, but by 2017 the studio dropped the project.

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20th Century Studios confirmed development on King Conan, attaching Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie to write and direct. Schwarzenegger shared details about the plot during his interview.

“King Conan is a Conan who is my age and has been king for 40 years,” Schwarzenegger told Kimmel. “He has become somewhat complacent so they want to overthrown him and get rid of him.”

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