‘Borderlands’ Movie Coming From Eli Roth
Borderlands, the video game series that kicked-off in 2009, is headed to the big screen.Eli Rothis set to helm theBorderlandsmovie for Lionsgate, with a script byChernobylcreatorCraig Mazin. The original game followed a group of “Vault Hunters” looking for an alien vault on the planet of Pandora (no, not the one fromAvatar).THRsaysCabin Feverdirector Eli Roth is set to helm aBorderlandsmovie for Lionsgate. “I’m so excited to dive into the world ofBorderlands,and I could not be doing it with a better script, producing team and studio. I have a long, successful history with Lionsgate — I feel like we have grown up together and that everything in my directing career has led to a project of this scale and ambition,” said the filmmaker.Borderlandsthe game was released in 2009, and spawned three sequels –Borderlands 2in 2012,Borderlands: The Pre-Sequelin 2014, andBorderlands 3in 2019. The original game was “set in the distant future, at a time when various mega-corporations seek control of various planets to colonize and mine for their mineral wealth and resources.” When one of those mega-corporations discovers an alien vault on the distant planet Pandora, a team is sent in and ends up having to battle “the local wildlife and bandit population” while “attempting to stop the head of a private corporation army from reaching the vault first.”
“With Eli’s vision and Craig’s screenplay, we believe we have cracked the code on bringing the anarchic world ofBorderlandsto the big screen in a big way that will be a fresh, compelling and cinematic event for moviegoers and fans of the game,” said Nathan Kahane, president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.
ABorderlandsmovie has been in various stages of development over the years. Back in 2015,The Invisible Mandirector Leigh Whannel was in talks to direct when Lionsgatefirst announcedthe project. Aaron Berg was also drafted to write a script at one point, but it’s Craig Mazin’s script that’s being used for Roth’s film. Having not played any version ofBorderlands, I can’t really comment on how a film version might turn out. Mazin’s work onChernobylis fantastic, but he’s also responsible for variousScary Moviesequels andThe Huntsman: Winter’s War, so there’s that. And while Roth has occasionally delivered the goods, he’s had far more misses than hits. But perhaps this is just the right material for him.
