Borderlands Footage Description Teases Star-Studded Video Game Movie
Lionsgate premiered the first-ever footage for Borderlands at CinemaCon, and it teases a particularly colorful and star-studded video game movie. The upcoming science-fiction action comedy is directed by Eli Roth and features an ensemble cast including Kevin Hart, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jack Black. Roth's Borderlands movie is based off Gearbox Software's successful video game franchise of the same name. It spent several years in development before finally kicking off production last year; Borderlands has yet to receive a release date, though Lionsgate is confirmed to give it a theatrical run.
The Borderlands video game series, which first launched in 2009, serves as a first-person shooter that mixes space-western and fantasy elements. The franchise has not only received commercial success, spawning three additional sequels and a spin-off game, but it's also been highly praised by fans and critics. The latest entry in the series, Borderlands 3, dropped in 2019 and quickly sold 5 million copies within the first five days of release. In total, the Borderlands franchise has achieved a net revenue of over $1 billion, making it one of the best-selling video game series of all time. Praised for its visual style and humor, it only makes sense that a Borderlands film is in the works.
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THR reports that Lionsgate screened the first-ever footage from their Borderlands movie at this year's CinemaCon event taking place in Las Vegas. The one-minute-long footage teases a colorful video game movie. It begins with Blanchett's character toting a gun and wearing a "fire-engine-red wig" while she fights her way through a vibrant cityscape. Hart's character
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