First Look at Eli Roth’s ‘Borderlands’ Movie Starring Cate Blanchett
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The off the rails loot-driven space-western game franchise is critically acclaimed and a commercial success. More than 45 million copies have been sold and its net revenue is over $1 billion – making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time. So, it’s natural that it gets a live-action movie adaptation. That choice always goes well.
Meet the team…
“With me around, you might actually get somewhere.” – Lilith #BorderlandsMovie pic.twitter.com/54rU4qZkVD
— Borderlands (@BorderlandsFilm) June 1, 2021
Alright #Roland, former soldier of the Crimson Lance. Part bandit, part hunter, and part renegade… But all I’m allowed to show you is the silhouette part. #BorderlandsMovie is going to be WILD and we can’t wait for you to see what we’ve has been up to! 📸 @jamieleecurtis pic.twitter.com/uRR9EcCbBS
— Borderlands (@BorderlandsFilm) June 3, 2021
Exceptional scientist. Brilliant archaeologist. Acute sociophobe. That’s Patricia #Tannis in a nutshell! You’re all in for a treat with #BorderlandsMovie. I guarantee it. 📸 @jamieleecurtis pic.twitter.com/hn6ONOdyOV
— Borderlands (@BorderlandsFilm) June 3, 2021
Here’s a lil shadow shaped like #TinyTina! She’s just your typical interplanetary orphan with a genuine love for blowing things up. Also loves tea parties with stuffed animals! Get ready for BADONKADONK TIME (aka #BorderlandsMovie)! 📸 @jamieleecurtis pic.twitter.com/3nQtTyJxTN
— Borderlands (@BorderlandsFilm) June 3, 2021
Not your average Psycho…#Krieg is just trying to get through each day in Pandora, one axe rampage at a time. He’s also besties with #TinyTina. #BORDERLANDSMOVIE!! 📸 @jamieleecurtis pic.twitter.com/D51VvS5vET
— Borderlands (@BorderlandsFilm) June 3, 2021
CL4P-TP is a general purpose steward bot (think bulletproof Roomba with limitless knowledge but crippling anxiety). If he had any friends, they’d call him #CLAPTRAP! Get ready for #BorderlandsMovie, now in production! 📸 @jamieleecurtis pic.twitter.com/tlcFm3UYGk
— Borderlands (@BorderlandsFilm) June 3, 2021
This preview includes Florian Munteanu as Krieg, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Patricia Tannis, Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Kevin Hart as Roland, and Claptrap (voiced by Jack Black). Not pictured: Gina Gershon as Moxxi, Edgar Ramirez, Janina Gavankar, Cheyenne Jackson, Charles Babalola, Benjamin Byron Davis, Steven Boyer, Ryann Redmond, and Haley Bennett. Penn Jillette also has a cameo.
Roth is directing, the screenplay is from Craig Mazin (The Hangover series, Chernobyl). No release date is set, but they are over a month into filming right now.
The official synopsis:
“In the movie Lilith, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.O.B., Atlas. Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team – Roland, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina, a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg, Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and Claptrap, a persistently wiseass robot. These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power. The fate of the universe could be in their hands – but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.”
