Now this is a casting choice I did not expect to see
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/cate-blanchett-borderlands-movie-lilith-1234581917/
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/cate-blanchett-borderlands-movie-lilith-1234581917/
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Variety: Cate Blanchett in Talks to Play Lilith in ‘Borderlands’ Film Adaptation
- Thread starter hydruxo
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If ever a team was to be assembled to make a terrible movie, this is the one. Geez.
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Yeah that's why I'm surprised someone like Cate Blanchett would want to do this lmao.
That's an...interesting choice. However, the people behind this film still gives me pause.
Yep lol
A) Borderlands in general has a terrible story, it was only TellTale that actually made the story into what Gearbox thought they were writing.
B) Eli Roth and Avi Arad. Yikes.
B) Eli Roth and Avi Arad. Yikes.
yeah this movie is going to suuuuuuckkkk
Cate is obviously just there for the paycheck.
Oh my god they're making a movie from the Borderlands series? What story is there? What lore is there? What about the Borderlands series is going to carry over into a different form of a compelling narrative other than a backdrop for lootin' and shootin' 80 million guns of however combinations exist?
I would assume that she probably had a good experience working with Eli on The House With a Clock in it's Walls.
My guess is this amounts to the Variety article and this thread.
A Borderlands movie seems like an awful idea but she's a great actress so I might check it out anyway.
My guess is games that arn't really known for compelling stories or in depth lore and characterization (Tales of The Borderlands excluded) are probably seen as more lucrative because of that, they can make a screenplay without worrying too much about fact checking a wiki.
Someone should just do a TV adaptation of Tales from the Borderlands.
that game has way better writing and a better approach to the setting and characters of Borderlands than any of the main games (and inevitably the movie)
that game has way better writing and a better approach to the setting and characters of Borderlands than any of the main games (and inevitably the movie)
"How much are you going to pay me" or "Thanks for the offer, but no"
The first game had a fun, campy tone that was pretty shallow but serviced an otherwise great multiplayer shooter. The rest of the series is written like the fan fiction of some horny 12 year old that simply cannot stop navel-gazing for fear of exploding. I GUESS you could maybe take the broad strokes and assemble it into a plot with completely different characters/writing, otherwise this is a yikes from me dawg.
Didn't even know they were making a movie..
The sirens and claptrap are the only good things about the franchise. Story/character wise.
Maybe Jack too.
The sirens and claptrap are the only good things about the franchise. Story/character wise.
Maybe Jack too.
I mean come on, do the words 'Borderlands', 'Eli Roth' and 'Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett' seem like they'd ever go together?!