The Borderlands movie is officially happening, too. Lionsgate first announced a film based on the Borderlands video game franchise in 2015, and the studio announced Thursday through a forum with the media that legendary horror director Eli Roth will promote the upcoming sequel.
Roth – along with producers Avi Arad (Spider-Man: In Spider-verse), Ari Arad, and Erik Feig – will helm the production using a new draft from author Craig Mazin. Mazin recently won two Emmies for her work on HBO Chernobyl.
In a press conference from Lionsgate, Roth mentioned the project:
I'm very happy to get under Borderlands and I couldn't do it with better script, group production, and studio. I have a long, successful history with Lionsgate – I feel like we have grown together and that everything I learn in my career has led to a project of this scale and ambition.
I look forward to bringing my energy, ideas and perspective into the wild, fun, and endless creative world of the game. Randy Pitchford and everyone at Gearbox are very supportive of my ideas – it sounds like a perfect storm for creators meeting. We are about to create a new classic, which fans of the game will love, but also one that we will find new audiences around the world.
Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford will also serve as executive producer on the film, along with Strauss Zelnick, chairman and CEO of Take-Two Interactive.
Pitchford helped launch it Borderlands 3 last year, which we feel is very similar to our reviews. Roth's latest project was "spoppy" House With Clock In Its Rooms, which also included the adorable child, of animatronic Jack Black. But the director is best known for his gory horror movies, such as Hostel and The Green Inferno.
At the moment it is unclear whether the Borderlands movie will return to meaning in one of the Borderlands games, or address a different issue in the world of Pandora.
