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Check out this exclusive first look at the upcoming video game movie adaptation, Borderlands!

Directed by Eli Roth, Borderlands is based on the video games created by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous treasure hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. She forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (Hart), once a highly respected soldier, but now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis (Curtis), the scientist who’s seen it all; and Claptrap (Black), 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.

Lionsgate presents, in association with Media Capital Technologies, an Arad / Picturestart production, a Gearbox Studios / 2K production. Lionsgate will release Borderlands in the US and UK on August 9, 2024.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

to old of a cast

 

[Loomy]

 

[Pelao]

The games can be a lot of fun, but if there's one franchise where I try to ignore and skip as much plot and character dialogue as I can, it's Borderlands. I can't imagine subjecting myself to 90+ minutes of it.

 

[Fbh]

It's pretty uncommon to see a YouTube fan film with such an old cast

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Whatever they paid Cate Blanchett it wasn't enough

 

[Celcius]

Whatever they paid Cate Blanchett it wasn't enough

At first I thought you were joking but I looked and it really is her.
Oof. Who asked for this?

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

to old of a cast

Too old to not know too, two, and to

 

[bbeach123]

Why ?

 

[Pop]

to old of a cast

Exactly. WTF is this

And Hart as Roland is unacceptable. Trash

 

[delfrickintree]

once this releases, watch how many goons come out of the woodwork saying they really like this show!! wow, who wouldve thought.

fallout was shit, this is shit, gaming is shit, tv is shit. yet people are still eating it

 

[Lokaum D+]

no sentry deploy, no phasewalk, what hell was that shit ???

KH as Roland is a big No No for me

 

[Salz01]

Omg it looks like shit.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Me when I saw Cate.

 

[kiphalfton]

Cate Blanchett going though late life crisis or something.

 

[lh032]

production value looks fine but the cast is eh

 

[LukeAJN]

Hope I end up being wrong as I love the universe but that looks awful. Like Resident Evil movie levels of awful.

 

[Revolutionary]

Gina Gershon as Moxxie is choice casting

Cate Blanchett as Lilith is not

 

[Holammer]

All we need now is a porn parody upstaging them with better costumes.

 

[T-Cake]

Hmm, will watch it only because of Krieg's abs.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

The video game series is already the video game equivalent of Marvel quips and sarcasm.

The last thing I need to see is a video game adaption that's just like a Marvel movie.

Pass.

 

[SJRB]

I don't know what dirt they have on Cate Blanchett to get her to agree on this but it must be devastating.

 

[Diddy X]

Looks ok, will watch it on streaming.

 

[DGrayson]

I don't know if I'm old, jaded, been burned too many times, sick of pop culture etc etc etc but this looks awful and I was a huge Borderlands fan.

I just wonder if I saw this exact same trailer in like 2013 would I have been excited?

 

[delfrickintree]

I don't know if I'm old, jaded, been burned too many times, sick of pop culture etc etc etc but this looks awful and I was a huge Borderlands fan.

I just wonder if I saw this exact same trailer in like 2013 would I have been excited?

I remember being excited for a handful of game adaptions to movies back in the day. They never blew my mind

 

[SHA]

The games can be a lot of fun, but if there's one franchise where I try to ignore and skip as much plot and character dialogue as I can, it's Borderlands. I can't imagine subjecting myself to 90+ minutes of it.

There is no plot with midgets, just gameplay, they aren't worthy of plot.

 

[SHA]

At least they must try mimicking the first Borderlands in the series, the most believable down to earth story, I have no issues with this idea, looks fine to me.

 

[analog_future]

I don't think Eli Roth has made a single good movie in his entire career.

Can't say I'm looking forward to this one.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Looks like something I'd turn off 10 minutes into the movie.

 

[Moochi]

Geriatric

 

[dorkimoe]

same as everyone else said, that cast is not it which is unfortunate cuz the movie quality looks great

 

[Wildebeest]

Looks about as painfully unfunny as the games.

 

[Alan Silvestro]

Looks like a fan-made movie.

 

[digital_ghost]

That does not sound like claptrap.

Oh well , at least borderlands 4 will be announced soon. Hopefully current Gen only.

I need my dopamine simulator and borderlands fits that bill.

 

[Valonquar]

There are cosplayers that could have made a better movie than that.

 

[Lions Gate]

Kevin Hart as Roland

 

[El Muerto]

If it was rated R i'd go see it. Looks to clean. I wanna see pyschos getting blown up to pieces.

 

[jonnyp]

Awful

 

[hinch7]

to old of a cast

Was going to say.. why does grandma have a flamethrower?

 

[KyoZz]

Ouch, it looks terrible. This cast is a joke, they should have had someone like Christopher Judge for Roland

and Lauren Cohan as Lilith

Or cast completely unknown actors to save on the money and try to go all in, take more risks with an almost Fury Road approach and a well-crafted humor. They had time if I'm not mistaken, it's not a rushed project and yet it looks very... boring. Borderlands is typically an IP where you can do anything if it's done with a little care IMHO.

 

[RayHell]

 

[semiconscious]

I don't know what dirt they have on Cate Blanchett to get her to agree on this but it must be devastating.

'y'know, i'm 55, i've had a great career, but just once, while i'm still physically able to, just once? i'd love to play a genuine badass action character & fuck the place up!...'

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Kevin Hart as Roland

Won't watch because he is in it. Can't stand his 'acting'.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Another shitty game adaptation of a game series that has slipped in recent years. Wish these publishers would focus on actual games

 

[Hudo]

Wow. They actually managed to make it look like shit just like the games are! Pretty faithful so far.

 

[wolffy66]

Unequivocally a no. I literally can't adequately express how bad that looks.

 

[Krathoon]

Yeah. It is an alternate universe adaptation. The movie is like it's own thing, much like the MCU.

It kind of annoys me.

They could have just jumped ahead in the future when the characters are a little older. Then have the actress that voices Tiny Tina play her.

 

[Doom85]

'y'know, i'm 55, i've had a great career, but just once, while i'm still physically able to, just once? i'd love to play a genuine badass action character & fuck the place up!...'

Action character? Fuck the place up? She already did that seven years ago.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Wow they actually opened the trailer with Claptrap making a poo joke. There’s that quality Borderlands writing we all love and can’t get enough of.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

I have some shocking news.