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Borderlands Official Lionsgate Movie Website. Directed by Eli Roth, starring cast members, Cate Blanchett, Gina Gershon, Kevin Hart, Jack Black. An upcoming science fiction action-comedy film, based on the popular video game series Gearbox and 2k, of the fictional abandoned planet of Pandora.
Aug 6, 2024 · After a lengthy period in limbo due to reshoots and Lionsgate reshuffling its theatrical release schedule, Borderlands is currently set to be released exclusively in theaters on August 9,...
Dec 24, 2023 · Borderlands has been a long time coming, having initially gone into development way back in 2015. The movie is currently slated to hit theaters on August 9, 2024, but if it missed that date it would not be all that surprising given the up-and-down production the project has had.
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By Henry St Leger, Axel Metz
published 22 June 2021
Here’s what you need to know about the film
(Image credit: Arad Productions)
A feature film adaptation of the Borderlands video game series is on the way.
There’s been no official release date for the Borderlands movie just yet, but its complete cast has been announced and shooting has already wrapped, as of June 2021.
We know that to be the case thanks to several behind-the-scenes set images posted to the Twitter account of 13-year-old Ariana Greenblatt, who is set to play Tiny Tina in the film, as well via an official announcement from Lionsgate – which used Claptrap, the series' overenthusiastic robot assistant, to confirm the news.
Claptrap really wanted to let you all know he made it down the stairs safely. That, and the production of #BorderlandsMovie has officially wrapped! See you at the theaters in 20 💣 💣 pic.twitter.com/69NFljVjDcJune 22, 2021
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The main reason the Borderlands movie is currently getting a lot of buzz is because of the A-list actors attached to the project.
For starters, Cate Blanchett is playing fan-favorite character Lilith, the Siren vault hunter from the first Borderlands game. Blanchett previously worked with director Eli Roth on the PG fantasy movie The House With a Clock in Its Walls. As an Oscar-winner who boasts a prestigious filmography spanning Notes on a Scandal and Carol, her involvement suggests this won’t be a bargain-bin movie adaptation.
We got a first look at Blanchett as Lilith (albeit in silhouette form) thanks to an image shared by fellow actor Jamie Lee Curtis, who will also be joining the movie's cast as archeologist Dr Patricia Tannis. Along with the teaser image, Curtis described Blanchett's character as the “legendary heroine, psycho blasting, vault hunting vixen with a bad attitude.”
Welcome to BORDERLANDS & a secret BTS shot I took of Lilith, our legendary heroine, psycho blasting, vault hunting vixen with a bad attitude.#cateblanchett From the brilliant minds of @borderlandsfilm @therealeliroth@gearbox @picturestart @Lionsgate Arad Productions pic.twitter.com/R193HTGBZjJune 1, 2021
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Comedian and actor Kevin Hart will be playing Soldier Roland, too, and the resulting mix of horror, comedy and prestige drama actors attached to the movie – not least Jack Black as the robot mascot Claptrap – is eclectic, which could be exactly what the Borderlands movie needs to stay true to its chaotic source material.
The core creative team behind the Borderlands flick consists of Craig Mazin, the award-winning screenwriter behind HBO’s Chernobyl and the upcoming The Last of Us TV show, and Eli Roth – the horror director behind 2005’s Hostel, who famously appeared in Quentin Tarintino’s Inglourious Basterds as the muscular Donny Donowitz.
Mazin is getting a lot of buzz in Hollywood these days, and his attachment gives the film some real credibility – in case you were worried it would just be laden with Claptrap's trademark quips. Roth seems like a smart choice for the cartoonish violence of the Borderlands series, too.
We’re light on specific details at this point, but the casting so far suggests we’re getting some kind of re-telling of the first Borderlands game – which was published by 2K Games on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC back in 2009 – rather than Borderlands 2, Borderlands 3, or the Pre-Sequel game.
You can expect to see the planet Pandora, then, and at least some of the game’s key vault hunters (Roland, Lilith, etc) trying to beat the well-funded Atlas Corporation to a legendary treasure vault filled with alien technology that only opens once every 200 years (think Aladdin, but with guns).
At PAX East last year, director Eli Roth did state a plan to cast Borderlands cosplayers as extras, and then kill them off with “awful deaths”, which may suggest the movie’s vision will cleave closer to the games than expected. He also explained that he'll put a "little spice of Hostel in there", suggesting a light leaning towards horror.
We're curious to see if the Borderlands movie will try and retain the games' art style, which is cel-shaded, and therefore complicated to retain on the big screen. Like so many things about this project, though, how Roth and company will tackle that is unknown for now.
We do know, at least, that Kevin Hart is full of praise for Roth's choice of direction for the movie. "And I can say visually, it's like nothing you've ever seen," he said.
Watch this space for more details on Borderlands.
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Feb 21, 2024 · With the first trailer now available to watch, here’s everything you need to know about the Borderlands movie, set to be directed by horror icon Eli Roth and starring Cate Blanchett. [Updated...
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