A Borderlands movie is on its way from horror director Eli Roth
Making films based on video games is often a career death wish for filmmakers, so what better director to tackle a live action adaptation of 2K Games’ loot-shooter series Borderlands than Death Wish director Eli Roth?
As reported by Deadline, Roth will direct the adaptation for Lionsgate with production set to start later in the year. The director has proven quite adept at portraying on-screen torture in the past, making him an ideal choice to recreate Borderlands’ unbearable comedy stylings.
A first draft has already been turned in by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl), with Erik Feig (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Avi Arad and Ari Arad (Iron Man) on producing duties alongside Gearbox Interactive founder Randy Pitchford and Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick as executive producers.
“I’m so excited to dive into the world of Borderlands and I could not be doing it with a better script, producing team, and studio,” said Roth of the project, further stating that “Randy Pitchford and everyone at Gearbox have been incredibly supportive of my ideas – it really feels like a perfect storm of creators coming together.”
While Roth is best known for his gruesome work in the horror genre, including such splatterriffic fare as Cabin Fever and Hostel, the director has branched out in recent years, directing the aforementioned Bruce Willis actioner Death Wish and the fantastical family film The House with a Clock in Its Walls.
Now, if Roth decides to throw a little Hostel-style torture towards the game’s deservedly-maligned robot sidekick Claptrap, we won’t hold it against him…
Making films based on video games is often a career death wish for filmmakers, so what better director to tackle a live action adaptation of 2K Games’ loot-shooter series Borderlands than Death Wish director Eli Roth? As reported by Deadline, Roth will direct the adaptation for Lionsgate with production set…
Recent Posts
- Doctor Who: The Devil’s Chord review: Is this madness?
- Doctor Who Space Babies review: Bet you didn’t expect that
- Quordle today – hints and answers for Saturday, May 11 (game #838)
- Gaze upon Dell’s leaked Qualcomm X Elite-powered laptops
- NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, May 11 (game #69)
Archives
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- December 2011