Arnold Schwarzenegger played Alan \"Dutch\" Schaefer in the original \"Predator\" in 1987. Since then, the fate of his character has remained a mystery. In June 2025, the animated film \"Predator: Bad Blood\" was released, which later added a scene with two iconic heroes of the franchise — Dutch and Mike Harrigan (\"Predator 2\"). It revealed that both heroes did not die, but were abducted from Earth and placed in cryo-capsules as the strongest representatives of humanity who managed to defeat the Predators.
This scene launched a wave of rumors about the possible return of \"Iron Arnie\" to the franchise. Now, the producer of \"Bad Blood\" has confirmed that the chances of this are indeed real. Ben Rosenblatt said that the legendary actor has already met with director Dan Trachtenberg several times and has shown interest in the project.
\"Obviously, the Holy Grail of Predator movies would be getting Arnold back. We always thought somewhere deep down, how great would it be to see him back in this franchise that he made iconic and that made him iconic. Arnold and Dan have met a couple of times. He’s been very open to what we’re doing. [...] After ‘Predator: Bad Blood’ comes out, we’ll see where to go next. Hopefully, we’ll have an opportunity to do something with Arnold, because that would be awesome.\"
Rosenblatt did not specify exactly what he is talking about — whether it will be a full-fledged film or just a cameo, as in \"Predator: Bad Blood\". However, judging by everything, viewers will still see Dutch in the future.