The Borderlands film completed taking pictures in 2021, and provided that it is 2023 and we nonetheless have not seen a trailer for it, I am inclined to suppose that post-production has not gone completely as deliberate. The film does exist although: Borderlands can be in theaters on August 9, 2024, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford announced today.
The Borderlands film is co-written and directed by famous horror filmmaker Eli Roth, greatest recognized for the Hostel films, and stars Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Edgar Ramirez as Atlas, Kevin Hart as Roland, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, and Jack Black because the horrible robotic man, Claptrap.
We just lately identified that Roth’s unique co-writer on the movie, HBO’s The Final of Us author Craig Mazin, has opted to be credited beneath a pseudonym. It is doable that the film has modified fairly a bit for the reason that 2021 wrap celebration: It underwent reshoots this 12 months beneath the path of Deadpool director Tim Miller whereas Roth was busy engaged on one other movie.
We have up to now seen little or no of the manufacturing exterior of a silhouetted picture of Blanchett as Lilith. (Unusual to suppose that picture was taken not lengthy earlier than filming for Tár started.)
We additionally obtained a plot synopsis in 2021, in response to which Lilith “reluctantly returns to her residence planet of Pandora to seek out the lacking daughter of the universe’s strongest SOB, Atlas.” To that finish, she allies with Roland, Tiny Tina and sidekick Kreig (Florian Munteanu), Claptrap, and scientist Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis).
“These unlikely heroes should battle alien monsters and harmful bandits to seek out and shield the lacking lady, who could maintain the important thing to unimaginable energy,” reads the synopsis. “The destiny of the universe might be of their fingers—however they’re going to be combating for one thing extra: one another.”
Sounds suspiciously healthful.
I am no large movie buff, however there being three years between the top of taking pictures and the film’s premiere would not sound like a good signal, and neither does one of many writers taking his identify out of the credit, however I am open to the likelihood that the Borderlands film will shock us. Perhaps Jack Black will seize the hearts of all of the world’s filmgoers together with his Claptrap, and it will turn into the very best movie of 2024. Or at the very least the very best in its class, which I am guessing is ‘movies that embrace plenty of shouting. ‘
