After being in a film development hell of sorts, the live-action adaptation of the Borderlands movie has an official premiere date. Directed by Eli Roth and starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, and Jamie Lee Curtis the movie has been given a release date for August 9th, 2024. The announcement came from the official Twitter account:

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— Borderlands (@BorderlandsFilm) July 20, 2023

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However, no trailer or stills were made available; so we'll have to wait some more before our first look at the adaptation.

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[Jayro]

With the strike going on, it's going to be a while. What a shitty timing to announce such a thing.

 

[The Frenchman]

Why is it live action when the game's trying to be cartoon?

 

[Jayro]

Hardly matters, no movies are actually being made right now.

 

[Xzi]

With the strike going on, it's going to be a while. What a shitty timing to announce such a thing.

I'm assuming this had already wrapped filming and even maybe post-production before the strike started. Studios will sometimes hold a completed movie for years waiting for the right time frame to release it.

 

[gaga941021]

What's with everyone in Hollywood going "Okay. We're fresh out of ideas. BUT VIDEOGAMES!"
Like... at maybe consider making animated movies? Smh.

Tell me you are living in a bubble without telling me you are living in a bubble.

 

[Vorde]

Tell me you are living in a bubble without telling me you are living in a bubble.

Damn, how did you know I live in Bubble City
I know there are newly animated movies like Super Mario, but I have found that more often than not, Hollywood has the incessant need to make everything "live action" or "live action + CG".
Just my $0.02

 

[Jayro]

The writer's strike of 2008 made directors go "Okay, so lets make some ULTRA SHITTY videogame movies, now that the chips are down!"

>we got Doom and Silent Hill.