Borderlands film directed by Eli Roth to release in August 2024

The ‘Borderlands’ Movie Has A Release Date 9 Years After It Was Announced – but what else do we know

The Borderlands movie was first announced in August 2015, meaning it will end up taking exactly nine years to make it to theaters, if this is even the correct date in the end.
Casting has been all over the place. Somehow the movie attracted two Oscar-winners, Cate Blanchett playing Lilith (good actor, bizarre casting) and Jamie Lee Curtis playing Tannis (better). Jack Black as Claptrap also seems good, but Kevin Hart as Roland, the beefy, stoic soldier, is one of the weirdest video game adaptation casting decisions I’ve ever seen.

The game is said to not follow the source material, not adapting a storyline from any of the games and making up its own instead centered around Lilith and Tina. Randy Pitchford says it exists in parallel “Borderlands Cinematic Universe.”
Recently, The Last of Us’ Craig Mazin removed his name as a writer from the project, seemingly replaced by an alias.
In nine years we have not see a single character in costume. The closest we’ve gotten are blacked-out silhouettes and a leaked set shot of Blanchett with red hair. Given the unique visual style of Borderlands, one of the biggest questions is how this will translate to the screen. We have no idea, no images, no teasers, nothing, not even with this release date announcement.

Eli Roth’s film based on the Borderlands franchise will be released in theaters on August 9, 2024.

Plotwise, a ragtag group of folks is trying to save the missing daughter of Atlas, the universe’s most powerful SOB. While on their journey, the troop will battle alien monsters, bandits, and more. They also discover they could hold the key to saving the universe.

The film will not be identical to the Borderlands videogame universe, but it promises to be authentic to the characters, tone, and style.

The film stars Cate Blanchett (Lilith), Jamie Lee Curtis (Dr. Patricia Tannis), Kevin Hart (Roland), Gina Gershon (Moxxi), Ariana Greenblatt (Tiny Tina), Olivier Richters (Krom), Florian Munteanu (Krieg), Edgar Ramirez (Atlas), Jack Black (Claptrap), Haley Bennett, Bobby Lee (Larry), Janina Gavankar (Knoxx), Cheyenne Jackson (Jakobs), Benjamin Byron Davis (Marcus), Charles Babalola (Hammerlock), Steven Boyer (Scooter), Justin Price (Psycho), and Paula Andrea Placido (Quinn).

The screenplay was written by Roth and Joe Crombie – not co-written by Craig Mazin as was previously rumored (thanks, Variety). Ari Arad, Avi Arad, and Erik Feig produce, and is a Gearbox Studios and Take-Two Interactive production.

The Borderlands franchise has sold over 68 million units worldwide with net revenue topping around $1 billion. Released in 2012, Borderlands 2 is 2K’s highest-selling title ever, moving 24 million units.