Eli Roth’s Borderlands film comes to DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK this November – more on the release here.
After something akin to a crash and burn at the box office in August, Lionsgate will be hoping for better return when Borderlands gets its physical media release. It was quickly made available on video on demand services, but the studio has – and good on it – committed to a full physical media release for the film as well.
Directed by Eli Roth, the film is an adaptation of the videogame series, and it attracted quite a cast too. Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Jamie Lee Curtis are all part of the ensemble. Our review of the film – and we were one of the few who got something out of it, it seems – can be found here.
Anyway, the physical media release. Best turn to...
After something akin to a crash and burn at the box office in August, Lionsgate will be hoping for better return when Borderlands gets its physical media release. It was quickly made available on video on demand services, but the studio has – and good on it – committed to a full physical media release for the film as well.
Directed by Eli Roth, the film is an adaptation of the videogame series, and it attracted quite a cast too. Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Jamie Lee Curtis are all part of the ensemble. Our review of the film – and we were one of the few who got something out of it, it seems – can be found here.
Anyway, the physical media release. Best turn to...
- 10/8/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
“Borderlands” is an action movie starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart. With Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt and Florian Munteanu. It is directed by Eli Roth.
When you have the likes of Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Jamie Lee Curtis leading the charge in a film, you’re assured a certain level of excellence in the production. At the very least, you can expect the movie to exude quality. “Borderlands” is an exuberant spectacle of high-caliber mischief, boasting impressive visual effects and a script that doesn’t overcomplicate itself. It’s a wild, unbridled, and utterly entertaining ride.
This comedy quickly abandons any pretense of serious storytelling within the first five minutes, opting instead to revel in its fresh, carefree, and anarchic style. Despite its chaotic nature, it carries that unmistakable Jack Black flair: a film that pushes boundaries just enough to be provocative while remaining suitable for all audiences,...
When you have the likes of Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Jamie Lee Curtis leading the charge in a film, you’re assured a certain level of excellence in the production. At the very least, you can expect the movie to exude quality. “Borderlands” is an exuberant spectacle of high-caliber mischief, boasting impressive visual effects and a script that doesn’t overcomplicate itself. It’s a wild, unbridled, and utterly entertaining ride.
This comedy quickly abandons any pretense of serious storytelling within the first five minutes, opting instead to revel in its fresh, carefree, and anarchic style. Despite its chaotic nature, it carries that unmistakable Jack Black flair: a film that pushes boundaries just enough to be provocative while remaining suitable for all audiences,...
- 9/1/2024
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Borderlands is coming home... less than a month after it was released in theaters.
Lionsgate has announced that the star-studded but critically-panned video game adaptation will be available to purchase on Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) and Premium Electronic Sell-Through (Est) from this Friday, August 30.
We didn't expect the movie to stay in theaters for too much longer after a disastrous stint at the box office (it grossed just over $24 million with an estimated $120 million budget), but its home release is happening quite a bit sooner than analysts had predicted.
There's always a slim chance the movie will find a new lease of life on Digital and Blu-ray, but between the dismal Bo returns and the similarly awful reviews, it's probably safe to assume that this franchise is well and truly dead in the water.
Borderlands stars Cate Blanchett (Thor: Ragnarok) as Lilith, Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) as Tannis, Kevin Hart...
Lionsgate has announced that the star-studded but critically-panned video game adaptation will be available to purchase on Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) and Premium Electronic Sell-Through (Est) from this Friday, August 30.
We didn't expect the movie to stay in theaters for too much longer after a disastrous stint at the box office (it grossed just over $24 million with an estimated $120 million budget), but its home release is happening quite a bit sooner than analysts had predicted.
There's always a slim chance the movie will find a new lease of life on Digital and Blu-ray, but between the dismal Bo returns and the similarly awful reviews, it's probably safe to assume that this franchise is well and truly dead in the water.
Borderlands stars Cate Blanchett (Thor: Ragnarok) as Lilith, Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) as Tannis, Kevin Hart...
- 8/27/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
As of this writing, Eli Roth's new action-comedy "Borderlands," based on the popular video game series, has grossed just over $24 million at the box office. This is an abysmal number, given that the film cost an estimated $120 million to make. It's a little too early to call it one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, but it's certainly one of the biggest bombs of the year. Given that it was based on a beloved video game property, the failure of "Borderlands" was particularly visible to a mass audience, playing into a long held prejudice against game adaptations. There are only scant great films to have been based on video games, and "Borderlands" certainly isn't one of them.
"Borderlands" received terrible notices, boasting a mere 10% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 151 reviews. /Film's own Bill Bria praised the film's candy-colored visuals, and enjoyed watching cast members...
"Borderlands" received terrible notices, boasting a mere 10% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 151 reviews. /Film's own Bill Bria praised the film's candy-colored visuals, and enjoyed watching cast members...
- 8/27/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie is exiting cinemas at some speed, as Lionsgate prepares a video on demand release within weeks.
Much has been made of the $100m asking price for the long-awaited movie adaptation of the videogame series Borderlands. The successful games though were finally turned into a film of some resources, with Eli Roth directing and co-writing the script.
Still, even though there were a few outliers, the critical consensus was that Eli Roth and his team hadn’t quite hit the mark here. Furthermore, the box office returns suggest that Lionsgate’s investment in the feature might take some time to recoup, and that the cinema days of Borderlands have come to a fairly abrupt end.
As per the modern way then, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the movie will now be leaping to premium video on demand services at some speed. While we await a UK announcement,...
Much has been made of the $100m asking price for the long-awaited movie adaptation of the videogame series Borderlands. The successful games though were finally turned into a film of some resources, with Eli Roth directing and co-writing the script.
Still, even though there were a few outliers, the critical consensus was that Eli Roth and his team hadn’t quite hit the mark here. Furthermore, the box office returns suggest that Lionsgate’s investment in the feature might take some time to recoup, and that the cinema days of Borderlands have come to a fairly abrupt end.
As per the modern way then, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the movie will now be leaping to premium video on demand services at some speed. While we await a UK announcement,...
- 8/20/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
The latest post-apocalyptic landscape sprawling wannabe sci-fi epic, Borderlands is not only both and extremely tedious and dull film, but it is also strikingly uninteresting and consequently sets a new low standard for director Eli Roth, whose previous output was nothing to brag about either.
Centered around a bounty hunter named Lilith (Cate Blanchett), the story follows her as she is given the assignment of locating the daughter of a powerful criminal named Atlas (Edgar Ramirez). This young lady – named Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt) – is currently on the run with Roland (Kevin Hart) and Krieg (Florian Munteanu), when Lilith catches up to her and, with the assistance of Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis) and wise-cracking robot Claptrap (Jack Black), becomes intertwined in a quest to unearth the greatest secrets in the universe (all of which appear to be stored somewhere inside a planet called Pandora.
Unfortunately, that description is about as...
Centered around a bounty hunter named Lilith (Cate Blanchett), the story follows her as she is given the assignment of locating the daughter of a powerful criminal named Atlas (Edgar Ramirez). This young lady – named Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt) – is currently on the run with Roland (Kevin Hart) and Krieg (Florian Munteanu), when Lilith catches up to her and, with the assistance of Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis) and wise-cracking robot Claptrap (Jack Black), becomes intertwined in a quest to unearth the greatest secrets in the universe (all of which appear to be stored somewhere inside a planet called Pandora.
Unfortunately, that description is about as...
- 8/11/2024
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Kevin Hart as Roland, Florian Munteanu as Krieg and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis in Borderlands. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate Video game adaptations haven’t always fared well on the big screen, with few exceptions like the recent triumph of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. However, the upcoming Borderlands film might be poised to change that perception. With a promising storyline and a star-studded cast featuring Academy Award winners Jamie Lee Curtis and Cate Blanchett, alongside comedic powerhouses Jack Black and Kevin Hart, the film certainly has the potential to break the mold. Hart himself is confident that the combination of this stellar ensemble and a compelling narrative will resonate with both dedicated fans of the game and general audiences alike. (Click on the media bar below to hear Kevin Hart) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Kevin_Hart_Borderlands...
- 8/10/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Eli Roth’s long-awaited Borderlands movie has finally hit theaters, but unfortunately, it isn’t off to a great start. The project started production in 2021, and according to stunt coordinator Jimmy O’Dee, they were told that Borderlands would shoot with the assumption that it would be R-rated.
“We were shooting an R-rated movie when we did it. We always knew that we were going to go either 15 or R rating, it’s 15 in UK, for a slightly mature audience,” O’Dee told ScreenRant. “So, we were blowing people’s heads off. And we were cutting feet off. We were doing all of that. But then, you know, a lot happens. We shot that nearly three years ago, or we just finished it. So, I guess a lot happens in post, and they see where it’s going to go and what market they’re aiming for. But literally the idea and the brief was carnage,...
“We were shooting an R-rated movie when we did it. We always knew that we were going to go either 15 or R rating, it’s 15 in UK, for a slightly mature audience,” O’Dee told ScreenRant. “So, we were blowing people’s heads off. And we were cutting feet off. We were doing all of that. But then, you know, a lot happens. We shot that nearly three years ago, or we just finished it. So, I guess a lot happens in post, and they see where it’s going to go and what market they’re aiming for. But literally the idea and the brief was carnage,...
- 8/9/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Lionsgate and director Eli Roth's Borderlands video game adaptation arrives in theaters today on the heels of some of the worst reviews we've seen for a major studio release in quite some time.
As we know, negative reviews don't always have an impact on audience interest, but in this instance, it's probably safe to say that cinemagoers haven't exactly been convinced to give it a shot!
Despite a starry cast and a family-friendly PG-13 rating, the movie took in just $1.3 million from Thursday night previews, and is now tracking to earn between $10M-$18M at the domestic box office over the course of its opening weekend.
International numbers could wind up giving it a bit of a boost, but taking Borderlands' estimated $100M+ budget into account, and we're almost certainly looking at a massive flop here.
It's not all bad news, though, because Borderlands is no longer showing as 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
As we know, negative reviews don't always have an impact on audience interest, but in this instance, it's probably safe to say that cinemagoers haven't exactly been convinced to give it a shot!
Despite a starry cast and a family-friendly PG-13 rating, the movie took in just $1.3 million from Thursday night previews, and is now tracking to earn between $10M-$18M at the domestic box office over the course of its opening weekend.
International numbers could wind up giving it a bit of a boost, but taking Borderlands' estimated $100M+ budget into account, and we're almost certainly looking at a massive flop here.
It's not all bad news, though, because Borderlands is no longer showing as 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
- 8/9/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Borderlands is an action sci-fi action comedy adventure film directed by Eli Roth from a screenplay co-written by Eli Roth and Joe Crombie. Based on an action role-playing first-person looter shooter video game franchise of the same name developed by Gearbox Software, the 2024 film follows the story of a group of misfits led by Lilith, an infamous bounty hunter as she returns to her home planet of Pandora. Together they fight against alien monsters and dangerous bandits to uncover one of the most dangerous secrets. Borderlands stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Haley Bennett, Bobby Lee, Olivier Richters, Janina Gavankar, Cheyenne Jackson, and Charles Babalola. While, Borderland isn’t getting much love from the critics or the audience, but if you love the action and bonds between the team in Borderlands here are some similar movies you should check out next.
- 8/9/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Blink Twice, It Ends With Us, The Umbrella Academy and Borderlands.
The Umbrella Academy premiere
Stars Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin H. Min walked the carpet at the fourth and final season premiere of their Netflix series on Monday in Los Angeles.
David Castañeda, Elliot Page, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Tom Hopper, Ritu Arya, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin H. Min It Ends With Us premiere
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate and Hasan Minhaj debuted their big-screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s hit novel in New York City on Tuesday, with support from Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
Brandon Sklenar, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Colleen Hoover and Tony Vinciquerra, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment...
The Umbrella Academy premiere
Stars Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin H. Min walked the carpet at the fourth and final season premiere of their Netflix series on Monday in Los Angeles.
David Castañeda, Elliot Page, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Tom Hopper, Ritu Arya, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin H. Min It Ends With Us premiere
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate and Hasan Minhaj debuted their big-screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s hit novel in New York City on Tuesday, with support from Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
Brandon Sklenar, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Colleen Hoover and Tony Vinciquerra, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment...
- 8/9/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jamie Lee Curtis is getting freaky again, and having the time of her life doing it.
During an interview for her new film “Borderlands” alongside co-star Cate Blanchett, the Oscar winner excitedly dished on “Freaky Friday 2,” the follow-up to her hit 2003 body-swap comedy.
The sequel, which Curtis says concludes production in about two weeks, reunites her with a now-grown-up Lindsay Lohan. “Lindsay’s a mommy. Little Luai just had his first birthday a week ago. It changes you as a human, being a parent. She’s very conservative, so I was like, ‘Relax. Relax.’ Luai’s just starting to walk. She’s at that point where toddlers hold onto things, then they wobble, then they go down. She’s at work, and she’s watching on her phone,” Curtis says.
“She’s watching videos on livestream with the baby in between scenes. She’s watching her child start toddling,...
During an interview for her new film “Borderlands” alongside co-star Cate Blanchett, the Oscar winner excitedly dished on “Freaky Friday 2,” the follow-up to her hit 2003 body-swap comedy.
The sequel, which Curtis says concludes production in about two weeks, reunites her with a now-grown-up Lindsay Lohan. “Lindsay’s a mommy. Little Luai just had his first birthday a week ago. It changes you as a human, being a parent. She’s very conservative, so I was like, ‘Relax. Relax.’ Luai’s just starting to walk. She’s at that point where toddlers hold onto things, then they wobble, then they go down. She’s at work, and she’s watching on her phone,” Curtis says.
“She’s watching videos on livestream with the baby in between scenes. She’s watching her child start toddling,...
- 8/9/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, Jamie Lee Curtis | Written by Eli Roth, Joe Crombie | Directed by Eli Roth
Directed by Eli Roth, Borderlands is an adaptation of the popular video game series developed by Gearbox Software. Essentially an action thriller about a rag-tag gang of space mercenaries, it tries hard to generate Guardians of the Galaxy vibes, but is let down by a lack of chemistry between the cast, largely flat direction and a series of uninspired fight scenes.
The story centres on kick-ass bounty hunter Lilith (Cate Blanchett), who’s hired to find Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), the missing daughter of business tycoon Atlas, the richest and most powerful man in the universe. To do so, Lilith has to return to her home planet of Pandora, where she quickly finds Tina and discovers that she may be a long-prophesied...
Directed by Eli Roth, Borderlands is an adaptation of the popular video game series developed by Gearbox Software. Essentially an action thriller about a rag-tag gang of space mercenaries, it tries hard to generate Guardians of the Galaxy vibes, but is let down by a lack of chemistry between the cast, largely flat direction and a series of uninspired fight scenes.
The story centres on kick-ass bounty hunter Lilith (Cate Blanchett), who’s hired to find Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), the missing daughter of business tycoon Atlas, the richest and most powerful man in the universe. To do so, Lilith has to return to her home planet of Pandora, where she quickly finds Tina and discovers that she may be a long-prophesied...
- 8/9/2024
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
In a galaxy far, far away, a psychotic wasteland dweller is strapped to a pole with explosives. Thirteen-year-old Tiny Tina comes skipping along, singing “Pop Goes the Weasel” before detonating the explosives and causing bits of the psychotic wasteland dweller to litter the landscape. She then introduces our hero to “the fine-ass ladies”—two explosive-stuffed rabbits named Mushy Snugglebites and Felicia Sexopants—who can help them with a major heist.
As juvenile as that description is, I wish I could tell you that Eli Roth’s Borderlands starts by directly copying an iconic scene from the Borderlands 2 game that introduces the ever-chaotic and maniacally performed Tiny Tina in an act of cartoonish violence. At least that would show that, like the games in the series, the film had some semblance of a personality, even if it’s a 4chan anon’s idea of one. And that would at least be...
As juvenile as that description is, I wish I could tell you that Eli Roth’s Borderlands starts by directly copying an iconic scene from the Borderlands 2 game that introduces the ever-chaotic and maniacally performed Tiny Tina in an act of cartoonish violence. At least that would show that, like the games in the series, the film had some semblance of a personality, even if it’s a 4chan anon’s idea of one. And that would at least be...
- 8/9/2024
- by Justin Clark
- Slant Magazine
Many video game fans will know that Borderlands is one of the most beloved action games of all time. Currently, there are four main games in the series, as well as some spin-offs and crossovers, but regardless of that, the series is undoubtedly one of the more popular ones.
In light of the recent successes of video game adaptations, a Borderlands movie was demanded by fans, and we now know that the movie is coming out today, but it seems that most fans will be disappointed, wishing that the movie – at least in this format – had never been made.
Namely, ahead of the US premiere of the Borderlands movie, which is happening today – on August 9, 2024 – the first critics’ reviews (for those who’ve seen the previews) are in and the critics have absolutely destroyed the movie, and it seems that the first audience reactions are also very disappointing.
Directed by Eli Roth,...
In light of the recent successes of video game adaptations, a Borderlands movie was demanded by fans, and we now know that the movie is coming out today, but it seems that most fans will be disappointed, wishing that the movie – at least in this format – had never been made.
Namely, ahead of the US premiere of the Borderlands movie, which is happening today – on August 9, 2024 – the first critics’ reviews (for those who’ve seen the previews) are in and the critics have absolutely destroyed the movie, and it seems that the first audience reactions are also very disappointing.
Directed by Eli Roth,...
- 8/9/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
It almost feels right that an Eli Roth movie based on Gearbox Software's Borderlands, a garish video game grind-a-thon that indulges nimrod irreverence and cartoon havoc, would disrupt the good vibes that video game adaptations have been bestowed of late. Roth's film, cobbled together from pixels, sheet metal,...
- 8/9/2024
- by Jarrod Jones
- avclub.com
Going in, I had my doubts about Borderlands, the latest overblown video game adaptation created to entice PG-13 moviegoers.
First off, it has a near decade-long history of failed attempts to crack its code, including Craig Mazin, who now shares a co-writing credit using “Joe Crombie”.
If this is the case, after wild small-screen success with Chernobyl and The Last of Us, you could understand why he wouldn’t want to be associated with the final product. Then its original director and credited co-writer and story creator Eli Roth shot the film during the pandemic in 2021. But when two weeks of reshoots were required, he had to turn it over to someone else due to his commitment to completing last year’s hoot of a holiday horror movie Thanksgiving. Thus, Tim Miller (2016’s...
First off, it has a near decade-long history of failed attempts to crack its code, including Craig Mazin, who now shares a co-writing credit using “Joe Crombie”.
If this is the case, after wild small-screen success with Chernobyl and The Last of Us, you could understand why he wouldn’t want to be associated with the final product. Then its original director and credited co-writer and story creator Eli Roth shot the film during the pandemic in 2021. But when two weeks of reshoots were required, he had to turn it over to someone else due to his commitment to completing last year’s hoot of a holiday horror movie Thanksgiving. Thus, Tim Miller (2016’s...
- 8/9/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
This article contains major spoilers for "Borderlands."
The "Borderlands" series of video games are a unique breed: they can be thought of as action-oriented shooters, or they can be considered as character-based RPGs. Like so many "open-world" games of the last decade or so, they're structured in such a way that you could either spend your time curating a character and gallivanting across the wasteland of Pandora, or you could jump right into story-based missions and follow a scripted tale like the single-player games of old.
"Borderlands," the feature film adaptation, cannot possibly replicate the open-world aspects of the video game, so it must by default hone in on those story missions. As such, director and co-writer Eli Roth (with Joe Crombie officially co-credited on writing duties) attempts to distill the expansive universe of the "Borderlands" series into a coherent movie, and at least where coherence is concerned, does a pretty decent job.
The "Borderlands" series of video games are a unique breed: they can be thought of as action-oriented shooters, or they can be considered as character-based RPGs. Like so many "open-world" games of the last decade or so, they're structured in such a way that you could either spend your time curating a character and gallivanting across the wasteland of Pandora, or you could jump right into story-based missions and follow a scripted tale like the single-player games of old.
"Borderlands," the feature film adaptation, cannot possibly replicate the open-world aspects of the video game, so it must by default hone in on those story missions. As such, director and co-writer Eli Roth (with Joe Crombie officially co-credited on writing duties) attempts to distill the expansive universe of the "Borderlands" series into a coherent movie, and at least where coherence is concerned, does a pretty decent job.
- 8/8/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
“Borderlands” almost launched with a dreaded 0% on Rotten Tomatoes until YouTuber Grace Randolph stepped in.
Randolph, a prominent and at-times polarizing online personality known for “Beyond the Trailer,” revealed on X Thursday that her review of Eli Roth’s video game adaptation was the sole reason the film’s rotten score was bumped from a goose egg up to a measly 4%.
“It Was Me!!!!!” Randolph said. “From 0% to 4% on Rotten Tomatoes. Whatever, man, I had a good time. Pretty crazy to set your review to post at 3 a.m. and discover you’re the Only one who liked it?! I never played the game, to be fair.”
It Was Me!!!!!
From 0% to 4% on #RottenTomatoes
Whatever, man, I had a good time.
Pretty crazy to set your review to post at 3am and discover you’re the Only one who liked it?!
I never played the game, to be fair.#Borderlands pic.
Randolph, a prominent and at-times polarizing online personality known for “Beyond the Trailer,” revealed on X Thursday that her review of Eli Roth’s video game adaptation was the sole reason the film’s rotten score was bumped from a goose egg up to a measly 4%.
“It Was Me!!!!!” Randolph said. “From 0% to 4% on Rotten Tomatoes. Whatever, man, I had a good time. Pretty crazy to set your review to post at 3 a.m. and discover you’re the Only one who liked it?! I never played the game, to be fair.”
It Was Me!!!!!
From 0% to 4% on #RottenTomatoes
Whatever, man, I had a good time.
Pretty crazy to set your review to post at 3am and discover you’re the Only one who liked it?!
I never played the game, to be fair.#Borderlands pic.
- 8/8/2024
- by Jacob Bryant
- The Wrap
Once upon a time, August was a dumping ground for studio blockbusters that seemed destined to bomb or counter-programming plays to serve audiences left unfulfilled by the summer’s biggest films. That changed with Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014, but ten years later, we seem to be returning to that classical trend with the release of Borderlands, a long-delayed video game adaptation that should be a smash on paper but ends up being one of the worst examples of the video game movie curse in recent memory.
Borderlands Review
Borderlands follows bounty hunter Lilith (Cate Blanchett) as she is hired by a wealthy client to rescue his daughter (Ariana Greenblatt), only to discover that the girl may be more important than she seems. It’s essentially an amalgamation of every generic sci-fi trope you can think of, which is not a great place for a would-be franchise to start.
Borderlands...
Borderlands Review
Borderlands follows bounty hunter Lilith (Cate Blanchett) as she is hired by a wealthy client to rescue his daughter (Ariana Greenblatt), only to discover that the girl may be more important than she seems. It’s essentially an amalgamation of every generic sci-fi trope you can think of, which is not a great place for a would-be franchise to start.
Borderlands...
- 8/8/2024
- by Sean Boelman
- FandomWire
From video game consoles to the big screen, Eli Roth’s upcoming sci-fi action flick starring Cate Blanchett is on its way.
Based on the bestselling video game, which boasts the same title, “Borderlands” promises to be an action-packed film centered on an infamous bounty hunter named Lilith who gathers a group of misfits to take on dangerous alien monsters in an effort to uncover the secrets of their hometown Pandora.
The film hits theaters on Friday. Here are all the details about how to watch.
When does “Borderlands” come out?
“Borderlands” lands in theaters on Friday, Aug. 9.
Will “Borderlands” be streaming or in theaters?
“Borderlands” will first debut in theaters only. Following its theatrical release, the film will stream on Peacock as part of a 2022 multiyear theatrical output deal with NBCUniversal. We’ll update you once that date is set.
In the meantime, check out where you can nab movie tickets for “Borderlands” below.
Based on the bestselling video game, which boasts the same title, “Borderlands” promises to be an action-packed film centered on an infamous bounty hunter named Lilith who gathers a group of misfits to take on dangerous alien monsters in an effort to uncover the secrets of their hometown Pandora.
The film hits theaters on Friday. Here are all the details about how to watch.
When does “Borderlands” come out?
“Borderlands” lands in theaters on Friday, Aug. 9.
Will “Borderlands” be streaming or in theaters?
“Borderlands” will first debut in theaters only. Following its theatrical release, the film will stream on Peacock as part of a 2022 multiyear theatrical output deal with NBCUniversal. We’ll update you once that date is set.
In the meantime, check out where you can nab movie tickets for “Borderlands” below.
- 8/8/2024
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
The new film Borderlands is based on the popular series of video games by Gearbox Software. It features several characters from the games, including Vault Hunters Lilith (Cate Blanchett) and Roland (Kevin Hart), who take the form of a bounty hunter and a rogue soldier in the film, robot Claptrap (voiced by Jack Black), demolitions expert Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), “Psycho” Krieg (Florian Munteanu), and archaeologist Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis).
Although the film features several characters from the game franchise, it tells an original story. In the opening scene, Roland rescues Tiny Tina from a prison cell, causing Tiny Tina’s father, Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), to hire Lilith to rescue her. Of course, over time, Lilith begins to uncover the conspiracy that is afoot, realizing that Atlas may not be who she thought he was. Along the way, they join forces with several allies, including Claptrap, Kreig, and Tannis, resulting...
Although the film features several characters from the game franchise, it tells an original story. In the opening scene, Roland rescues Tiny Tina from a prison cell, causing Tiny Tina’s father, Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), to hire Lilith to rescue her. Of course, over time, Lilith begins to uncover the conspiracy that is afoot, realizing that Atlas may not be who she thought he was. Along the way, they join forces with several allies, including Claptrap, Kreig, and Tannis, resulting...
- 8/8/2024
- by Sean Boelman
- FandomWire
If you threw “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Escape From New York” and “Fallout” into a blender, you would ruin your blender. It doesn’t matter if you tossed in DVDs or celluloid or hard drives, there’s just no way your blender will successfully mix those things together. And if you want proof — and you don’t want to ruin a perfectly good blender — watch Eli Roth’s “Borderlands,” a middling adaptation of the popular video game by GearBox, which can’t make this motley concoction work no matter how much, or possibly how little, it tries.
The original “Borderlands” video game didn’t have to worry too much about being narratively familiar because it had other positive qualities that compensated, like millions of potential weapon combinations and a distinct visual aesthetic. “This plot point is a lot like [insert movie or game here]” isn’t as much of a dealbreaker because the player can...
The original “Borderlands” video game didn’t have to worry too much about being narratively familiar because it had other positive qualities that compensated, like millions of potential weapon combinations and a distinct visual aesthetic. “This plot point is a lot like [insert movie or game here]” isn’t as much of a dealbreaker because the player can...
- 8/8/2024
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
The first wave of reviews for Borderlands are in (right in time for the movie's theatrical debut later today) and it appears Lionsgate and Eli Roth have an absolute stinker on their hands.
We have a wide range of verdicts from the trades, entertainment outlets, and even gaming websites; thus far, none are positive and those projections of a $15 million opening weekend are likely to now plummet.
The Hollywood Reporter's review is light on praise and states, "It’s conceivable that longtime fans of the video game might get more out of Borderlands, but I wouldn’t count on it. At one point, Claptrap returns to operational mode after a heavy-weaponry assault and says, 'I blacked out. Did something important happen?' Not in this movie."
Empire's 2* review concludes by saying, "A botched Guardians wannabe that isn’t half as fun as you’d hope from the punky sci-fi promise...
We have a wide range of verdicts from the trades, entertainment outlets, and even gaming websites; thus far, none are positive and those projections of a $15 million opening weekend are likely to now plummet.
The Hollywood Reporter's review is light on praise and states, "It’s conceivable that longtime fans of the video game might get more out of Borderlands, but I wouldn’t count on it. At one point, Claptrap returns to operational mode after a heavy-weaponry assault and says, 'I blacked out. Did something important happen?' Not in this movie."
Empire's 2* review concludes by saying, "A botched Guardians wannabe that isn’t half as fun as you’d hope from the punky sci-fi promise...
- 8/8/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
The Oscar winner tries to rise above Eli Roth’s juvenile and derivative adaptation of the hit game but gets lost in the mess
Video game fans will probably have a strong opinion on how the new sci-fi movie Borderlands fares as an adaptation of the game franchise. But for a different genre of nerd, Eli Roth’s long-delayed, faux-irreverent space adventure will feel like something out of 90s comic books, crossbred with contemporary superhero movies. Specifically, this incarnation of Borderlands is reminiscent of a third-tier title from a company nipping at the heels of DC or Marvel. It’s as if early-period Dark Horse or Image Comics tried their hand at ripping off Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy or DC’s Suicide Squad, in all their needle-dropping, ragtag boldness.
Lining up the knockoffs with their bigger-name equivalents is almost fun: Lilith (Cate Blanchett) is a distaff Star-Lord or,...
Video game fans will probably have a strong opinion on how the new sci-fi movie Borderlands fares as an adaptation of the game franchise. But for a different genre of nerd, Eli Roth’s long-delayed, faux-irreverent space adventure will feel like something out of 90s comic books, crossbred with contemporary superhero movies. Specifically, this incarnation of Borderlands is reminiscent of a third-tier title from a company nipping at the heels of DC or Marvel. It’s as if early-period Dark Horse or Image Comics tried their hand at ripping off Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy or DC’s Suicide Squad, in all their needle-dropping, ragtag boldness.
Lining up the knockoffs with their bigger-name equivalents is almost fun: Lilith (Cate Blanchett) is a distaff Star-Lord or,...
- 8/8/2024
- by Jesse Hassenger
- The Guardian - Film News
Cate Blanchett has played queens, prime ministers, psychiatrists, artists, hipsters, thieves, Southern belles, evil stepmothers, Norse deities, Nazis, Katherine Hepburn, Bob Dylan, and an elf. She’s an actor who’s fearless in her choices and boundless in her versatility. So you can imagine her being approached to play a bounty hunter on a junkyard planet far, far away, shooting down scavengers and psychopaths like an interstellar gunfighter, and thinking: Aha! I haven’t checked that off my to-do list yet! Sign me up.
We can only speculate that a constant craving for variety,...
We can only speculate that a constant craving for variety,...
- 8/8/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Plot: A bounty hunter named Lilith (Cate Blanchett) is hired to retrieve the daughter (Ariana Greenblatt) of a tycoon who’s hiding out on a dangerous world, Pandora, with an elite former soldier, Roland (Kevin Hart) and a deranged muscleman, Krieg (Florian Munteanu).
Review: Borderlands has been one of the most infamous would-be summer blockbusters in a while. Initially filmed in 2021, when it was shot before Cate Blanchett’s Oscar-nominated role in Tar, the film ended up going in for some significant reshoots with Deadpool director Tim Miller filling in for original helmer Eli Roth, who went off to shoot the well-received Thanksgiving. Given that Roth retains sole directorial credit and has been front-and-center in the movie’s publicity campaign, it’s hard to say definitely what was or wasn’t part of his original concept of the movie. Still, I imagine this seam-laden misfire wasn’t it.
I should...
Review: Borderlands has been one of the most infamous would-be summer blockbusters in a while. Initially filmed in 2021, when it was shot before Cate Blanchett’s Oscar-nominated role in Tar, the film ended up going in for some significant reshoots with Deadpool director Tim Miller filling in for original helmer Eli Roth, who went off to shoot the well-received Thanksgiving. Given that Roth retains sole directorial credit and has been front-and-center in the movie’s publicity campaign, it’s hard to say definitely what was or wasn’t part of his original concept of the movie. Still, I imagine this seam-laden misfire wasn’t it.
I should...
- 8/8/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Different as they may be in all other respects, Hollywood studios and die-hard “Borderlands” fans have one thing in common: They’re both in it for the loot.
You see, “Borderlands” is what’s called a “looter shooter,” meaning that players blast their way through exotic worlds hoping to pick up goodies that will make their characters more powerful. Unlike movies, you can play and replay the same game infinite times, and it’s never the same experience — which helps to explain why “Borderlands 2,” which came out in 2011, still has many people hooked all these years later.
Psychologically speaking, it’s the same principle — a variable feedback loop — that keeps little old ladies feeding coins into slot machines, young ones swiping right on Tinder and laboratory mice pushing a button that might produce a reward. But that stimulus-response phenomenon, as identified by B.F. Skinner, doesn’t really translate to cinema,...
You see, “Borderlands” is what’s called a “looter shooter,” meaning that players blast their way through exotic worlds hoping to pick up goodies that will make their characters more powerful. Unlike movies, you can play and replay the same game infinite times, and it’s never the same experience — which helps to explain why “Borderlands 2,” which came out in 2011, still has many people hooked all these years later.
Psychologically speaking, it’s the same principle — a variable feedback loop — that keeps little old ladies feeding coins into slot machines, young ones swiping right on Tinder and laboratory mice pushing a button that might produce a reward. But that stimulus-response phenomenon, as identified by B.F. Skinner, doesn’t really translate to cinema,...
- 8/8/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
In the distended field of movies and TV spun out of video games, there are blockbusters like Sonic the Hedgehog and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, long-running franchises like Resident Evil and lauded viewer favorites like The Last of Us. Many of them gain commercial traction — even a critically savaged dud like Assassin’s Creed did respectable business internationally. But there are just as many that probably should have been left on the console, like the role-playing first-person shooter game, Borderlands. Humor hasn’t generally been director Eli Roth’s strong suit, but neither is the constant bang-kapow of gunfire, explosions and violence in this stale and stubbornly unexciting sci-fi action comedy.
The big mystery is how such a noisy nothing of a movie landed the stacked cast, led by Cate Blanchett with as much conviction as the material merits. Borderlands was shot in 2021, immediately before Blanchett did Tár, and boy,...
The big mystery is how such a noisy nothing of a movie landed the stacked cast, led by Cate Blanchett with as much conviction as the material merits. Borderlands was shot in 2021, immediately before Blanchett did Tár, and boy,...
- 8/8/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The video game movie adaptation used to be something close to an oxymoron, insofar as artists taking paper-thin material and attempting to flesh it out into a feature-length story resulted in some wildly, er, unique takes on classic video games; witness "Super Mario Bros." and "Double Dragon," for starters. As video games continued to expand and evolve, they began to resemble cinema more and more, deliberately so. Now it's gotten to the point where many video games are so intricate in their plotting, so rich in their characterizations (and acting performances), and so cinematic in their technique that a movie adaptation can almost seem redundant.
First launched in 2009, "Borderlands," the game series, is the type that straddles the line between cinematic experience and personalized interactive adventure, providing a richly detailed world in which the player can choose their own character to explore, as well as a scripted storyline that they...
First launched in 2009, "Borderlands," the game series, is the type that straddles the line between cinematic experience and personalized interactive adventure, providing a richly detailed world in which the player can choose their own character to explore, as well as a scripted storyline that they...
- 8/8/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Horror maestro Eli Roth directs a fun, but disappointingly uneven video game adaptation. Here’s our Borderlands review.
Eli Roth has never cared what critics think about his films. Despite making films such as Hostel, The Green Inferno and Knock Knock, Borderlands might be his toughest challenge to win over not just critics, but audiences.
Borderlands is based on a successful series of games in which you play as a Vault Hunter who is looking for – you guessed it! – a Vault that usually holds all kinds of treasures. The games are delightfully violent and a lot of fun, so it seems like this is exactly in Roth’s wheelhouse.
Except, Borderlands, which is designed to be the first in a series of films, is aimed at a younger audience. In many ways, this is Roth trying his hand at Guardians Of The Galaxy. The tone is similar and, like Guardians,...
Eli Roth has never cared what critics think about his films. Despite making films such as Hostel, The Green Inferno and Knock Knock, Borderlands might be his toughest challenge to win over not just critics, but audiences.
Borderlands is based on a successful series of games in which you play as a Vault Hunter who is looking for – you guessed it! – a Vault that usually holds all kinds of treasures. The games are delightfully violent and a lot of fun, so it seems like this is exactly in Roth’s wheelhouse.
Except, Borderlands, which is designed to be the first in a series of films, is aimed at a younger audience. In many ways, this is Roth trying his hand at Guardians Of The Galaxy. The tone is similar and, like Guardians,...
- 8/8/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
A maddening self-contradiction, “Borderlands” is too messy and too neat, too much and not enough. That’s the consequence of trying to please two audiences at once in a time when entertainment consumers across all mediums are begging for unique points of view.
Gearbox Software’s sprawling video game series may be outright impossible to adapt, but Lionsgate placed its bet well when choosing Eli Roth to direct. In 2018, the typically hyper-violent horror filmmaker teamed up with screenwriter Eric Kripke (“The Boys”) to turn the children’s book “The House with a Clock in Its Walls” into a box office success. Like “Borderlands,” the PG mystery starred Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, a kid hero, and scads of CGI creatures caught up in a fantastical puzzle. The imperfect but spooky world Roth created then was miles away from the extreme gore that made him famous, but not uncharacteristic of his talents.
Gearbox Software’s sprawling video game series may be outright impossible to adapt, but Lionsgate placed its bet well when choosing Eli Roth to direct. In 2018, the typically hyper-violent horror filmmaker teamed up with screenwriter Eric Kripke (“The Boys”) to turn the children’s book “The House with a Clock in Its Walls” into a box office success. Like “Borderlands,” the PG mystery starred Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, a kid hero, and scads of CGI creatures caught up in a fantastical puzzle. The imperfect but spooky world Roth created then was miles away from the extreme gore that made him famous, but not uncharacteristic of his talents.
- 8/8/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
“The Lord of the Rings” is one of the highest-grossing film series of all time, having grossed $2.9 billion worldwide. But, according to Cate Blanchett, that doesn’t necessarily mean the actors earned a handsome salary for their involvement in Peter Jackson’s film trilogy.
During “Watch What Happens Live” on Tuesday night, host Andy Cohen asked Blanchett what film she received the biggest paycheck for. “I think it’s probably ‘Lord of the Rings,'” Cohen guessed.
“Are you kidding me?” Blanchett replied. “No, no one got paid anything to do that movie.”
When Cohen asked her if she “got a piece of the backend,” Blanchett replied, “No! That was way before any of that. No, nothing.”
“I wanted to work with the guy who made ‘Braindead,'” she continued, referring to Jackson and his 1992 zombie comedy film, which was released as “Dead Alive” in North America.
Blanchett starred in...
During “Watch What Happens Live” on Tuesday night, host Andy Cohen asked Blanchett what film she received the biggest paycheck for. “I think it’s probably ‘Lord of the Rings,'” Cohen guessed.
“Are you kidding me?” Blanchett replied. “No, no one got paid anything to do that movie.”
When Cohen asked her if she “got a piece of the backend,” Blanchett replied, “No! That was way before any of that. No, nothing.”
“I wanted to work with the guy who made ‘Braindead,'” she continued, referring to Jackson and his 1992 zombie comedy film, which was released as “Dead Alive” in North America.
Blanchett starred in...
- 8/8/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
After previously saying that Cate Blanchett’s involvement in Borderlands was “the sole reason” she signed on to the film, Jamie Lee Curtis said the experience working together was even more than she hoped it would be.
“What I didn’t know is we’d become friends,” Curtis told The Hollywood Reporter at a Los Angeles fan event for the film on Tuesday. “You hope you will, but you know, you make movies, you travel a lot, people travel all over the world. I had a great experience with her and it’s been lovely to become friends with someone who you’ve admired for such a long time. We’ve had some really intimate moments together and she’s a beautiful person.”
"She's a beautiful person." – Jamie Lee Curtis gushes over her friendship with #Borderlands co-star Cate Blanchett pic.twitter.com/1QN05GSju8
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 7, 2024
The two star alongside Kevin Hart,...
“What I didn’t know is we’d become friends,” Curtis told The Hollywood Reporter at a Los Angeles fan event for the film on Tuesday. “You hope you will, but you know, you make movies, you travel a lot, people travel all over the world. I had a great experience with her and it’s been lovely to become friends with someone who you’ve admired for such a long time. We’ve had some really intimate moments together and she’s a beautiful person.”
"She's a beautiful person." – Jamie Lee Curtis gushes over her friendship with #Borderlands co-star Cate Blanchett pic.twitter.com/1QN05GSju8
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 7, 2024
The two star alongside Kevin Hart,...
- 8/7/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The social media embargo for Borderlands lifted late last night (or very early this morning) and, while we only have a handful of reactions as we write this, none of them are particularly positive. In fact, they're downright awful.
Fans of the hit video game franchise have spent a long time waiting to see these characters brought to the screen; unfortunately, it appears Hostel director Eli Roth was not the right person to tell this story as the movie is being described as "uninspired," "unwatchable," and "a disaster."
Despite looking fairly game-accurate, trailers for Borderlands haven't given fans much to be excited about and, with so much buzz still surrounding Deadpool & Wolverine, as it heads into its third weekend in theaters, it seems Lionsgate hasn't done anywhere near enough to convince regular moviegoers to buy a ticket.
Worryingly for the studio, the movie's budget is believed to have ballooned...
Fans of the hit video game franchise have spent a long time waiting to see these characters brought to the screen; unfortunately, it appears Hostel director Eli Roth was not the right person to tell this story as the movie is being described as "uninspired," "unwatchable," and "a disaster."
Despite looking fairly game-accurate, trailers for Borderlands haven't given fans much to be excited about and, with so much buzz still surrounding Deadpool & Wolverine, as it heads into its third weekend in theaters, it seems Lionsgate hasn't done anywhere near enough to convince regular moviegoers to buy a ticket.
Worryingly for the studio, the movie's budget is believed to have ballooned...
- 8/7/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
After The Last Of Us and Fallout, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we are finally enjoying an era of quality video-game adaptations, and that Borderlands, based on the wacky 2009 sci-fi shooter RPG, is riding the same wave. Hell, it’s even got Cate Blanchett (an actor who’s earned those italics twice over) in the lead role, having a bullet-spraying hoot as a grizzled yet elegant bounty hunter. And with its colourful assortment of irreverent characters, corralled by a writer/director best known previously for horror, you might also expect, or at least hope, it respectfully and effectively echoes James Gunn’s crossover success with his Guardians Of The Galaxy films.
Sadly, that ain’t the case. Borderlands so wants to be Guardians Of The Galaxy. It has retro needle drops aplenty (including a battle that kicks off to Motörhead’s ‘Ace Of Spades’) and ladles on as...
Sadly, that ain’t the case. Borderlands so wants to be Guardians Of The Galaxy. It has retro needle drops aplenty (including a battle that kicks off to Motörhead’s ‘Ace Of Spades’) and ladles on as...
- 8/7/2024
- by Dan Jolin
- Empire - Movies
Video game adaptations have long been one of the hardest forms of media to adapt. So many duds have come along that most of us would be hard-pressed to fill one hand with “great” ones. Well, it seems as if Eli Roth’s adaptation of first-person shooter Borderlands is falling in the former, as a recent screening points to it being less clap and more trap…
Tuesday saw a special fan event for Borderlands in Los Angeles, with Roth, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more in attendance. Unfortunately, it looks as though the majority of the fans themselves wish they hadn’t come out to the Tcl Chinese Theater, with the movie nowhere near living up to any hype from the footage shown at CinemaCon earlier this year. Check out some of the initial reactions to Borderlands below:
Borderlands is a disaster. Filled with every cliché you can ponder,...
Tuesday saw a special fan event for Borderlands in Los Angeles, with Roth, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more in attendance. Unfortunately, it looks as though the majority of the fans themselves wish they hadn’t come out to the Tcl Chinese Theater, with the movie nowhere near living up to any hype from the footage shown at CinemaCon earlier this year. Check out some of the initial reactions to Borderlands below:
Borderlands is a disaster. Filled with every cliché you can ponder,...
- 8/7/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Take a look at more footage from “Borderlands”, the new science fiction comedy feature, directed by Eli Roth, based on the video game series by Gearbox Software, starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon and Jamie Lee Curtis, opening August 9, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Lilith’, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet ‘Pandora’ to find the missing daughter of ‘Atlas’.
“Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team - ‘Roland’, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; ‘Tiny Tina’, a feral pre-teen demolitionist…
…’Krieg’, Tina's musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; ‘Tannis’, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and ‘Claptrap’, a persistently wiseass robot.
“These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power.
“The fate of the universe could be in...
“…’Lilith’, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet ‘Pandora’ to find the missing daughter of ‘Atlas’.
“Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team - ‘Roland’, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; ‘Tiny Tina’, a feral pre-teen demolitionist…
…’Krieg’, Tina's musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; ‘Tannis’, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and ‘Claptrap’, a persistently wiseass robot.
“These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power.
“The fate of the universe could be in...
- 8/7/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
After cancelling all the remaining dates on Tenacious D‘s Spicy Meatball Tour in July, Jack Black told Variety on Tuesday that the comedy duo “will be back.”
When speaking to the publication at the Borderlands premiere, Black said, “We need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime.” He added, “And we’ll be back.”
Last month, during the comedy duo’s performance in Sydney, Australia, bandmate Kyle Gass made a birthday wish onstage: “Don’t miss Trump next time,” referring to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
When speaking to the publication at the Borderlands premiere, Black said, “We need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime.” He added, “And we’ll be back.”
Last month, during the comedy duo’s performance in Sydney, Australia, bandmate Kyle Gass made a birthday wish onstage: “Don’t miss Trump next time,” referring to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
- 8/7/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Jack Black has weighed in on the future of Tenacious D after his band partner, Kyle Gass, made a controversial remark about Donald Trump’s attempted assassination in July, which prompted Black to cancel the duo’s latest tour.
“We need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime,” Black told Variety‘s Marc Malkin at the “Borderlands” premiere on Tuesday night. “And we’ll be back.”
Asked if he’s talked to Gass since the tour’s cancellation, Black replied, “Yeah, we’re friends. That hasn’t changed. These things take time sometimes… And we’ll be back when it feels right.”
Black also showed off the titular magical guitar pick from the 2006 comedy film “Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.”
“Look what I wore today: I wore the Pick of Destiny,” Black said on the carpet. “I love Tenacious D. It’s probably my favorite job,...
“We need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime,” Black told Variety‘s Marc Malkin at the “Borderlands” premiere on Tuesday night. “And we’ll be back.”
Asked if he’s talked to Gass since the tour’s cancellation, Black replied, “Yeah, we’re friends. That hasn’t changed. These things take time sometimes… And we’ll be back when it feels right.”
Black also showed off the titular magical guitar pick from the 2006 comedy film “Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.”
“Look what I wore today: I wore the Pick of Destiny,” Black said on the carpet. “I love Tenacious D. It’s probably my favorite job,...
- 8/7/2024
- by Michaela Zee and Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Enter this contest by following the link at the bottom of this page for your chance to win a pair of Atom tickets to see Borderlands when it opens in theaters on August 9, 2024! Winners will be notified by email prior to the film’s release.
Synopsis: Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (Kevin Hart), a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound protector; Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the oddball scientist who’s seen it all; and Claptrap (Jack Black), a wiseass robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle...
Synopsis: Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (Kevin Hart), a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound protector; Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the oddball scientist who’s seen it all; and Claptrap (Jack Black), a wiseass robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle...
- 8/5/2024
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
“Borderlands” is a new science fiction comedy feature, directed by Eli Roth, based on the video game series by Gearbox Software, starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon and Jamie Lee Curtis, opening August 9, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Lilith’, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet ‘Pandora’…
“…to find the missing daughter of ‘Atlas’.
“Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team - ‘Roland’, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption…
“… ‘Tiny Tina’, a feral pre-teen demolitionist…
…’Krieg’, Tina's musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; ‘Tannis’, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and ‘Claptrap’, a persistently wiseass robot.
“These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power.
“The fate of the universe could be in their hands but they'll be fighting for something more: each other…...
“…’Lilith’, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet ‘Pandora’…
“…to find the missing daughter of ‘Atlas’.
“Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team - ‘Roland’, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption…
“… ‘Tiny Tina’, a feral pre-teen demolitionist…
…’Krieg’, Tina's musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; ‘Tannis’, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and ‘Claptrap’, a persistently wiseass robot.
“These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power.
“The fate of the universe could be in their hands but they'll be fighting for something more: each other…...
- 8/5/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Kevin Hart as Roland, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Florian Munteanu as Krieg and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis in Borderlands. Photo Credit: Katalin Vermes Over the past few decades, video games have transitioned from consoles to the big screen. While some adaptations have hit the mark, others have missed it. The next big game to get a film adaptation is the highly successful Borderlands. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis, many are curious whether this film will satisfy both longtime fans and newcomers, or become another video game movie flop. Jamie Lee Curtis is optimistic, believing that audiences will find plenty to enjoy. (Click on the media bar below to hear Jamie Lee Curtis) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Jame_Lee-Curtis_Borderlands_.mp3
Borderlands opens in theaters on August 9.
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Borderlands opens in theaters on August 9.
The post Jamie Lee Curtis Confident...
- 8/1/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
My guest this week on 20 Questions on Deadline is Jamie Lee Curtis.
Freshly Emmy-nominated for her guest star turn in Season 2 of The Bear, Curtis dropped into the Deadline studio on a break during shooting Freaky Friday 2.
On the podcast, she reminisced about making the first Freaky Friday 21 years ago, with a then-15-year-old Lindsay Lohan, and teased a little of what might happen in this sequel, admitting her role has evolved somewhat since last time. When I mention that Lohan has suggested her character might have a child this time around, Curtis said, “Well, that makes me a grandma, right? If Lindsay has a child that makes me a grandma!”
Curtis—who says she called Disney CEO Bob Iger herself to ask that this sequel be made—also hinted that the body swapping is especially fun this time around. In the previous film, mother and daughter (Curtis and Lohan) swapped bodies.
Freshly Emmy-nominated for her guest star turn in Season 2 of The Bear, Curtis dropped into the Deadline studio on a break during shooting Freaky Friday 2.
On the podcast, she reminisced about making the first Freaky Friday 21 years ago, with a then-15-year-old Lindsay Lohan, and teased a little of what might happen in this sequel, admitting her role has evolved somewhat since last time. When I mention that Lohan has suggested her character might have a child this time around, Curtis said, “Well, that makes me a grandma, right? If Lindsay has a child that makes me a grandma!”
Curtis—who says she called Disney CEO Bob Iger herself to ask that this sequel be made—also hinted that the body swapping is especially fun this time around. In the previous film, mother and daughter (Curtis and Lohan) swapped bodies.
- 8/1/2024
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
The dog days of summer have arrived, but as we wind down the summer of 2024, movie theaters are already looking to the spookiest month of all: October. This August, studios are doubling down on horror with new movies from M. Night Shyamalan and a biopic about Ronald Reagan starring Dennis Quaid.
- 8/1/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
San Diego Comic-Con was rocked by the chaotic and exhilarating presence of the Borderlands franchise this year, captivating attendees with a blend of immersive events and star-studded appearances. As excitement builds for the film’s release on 8 August 2024, Borderlands fans got an early taste of the action-packed, humor-laden adventure set on the tumultuous planet of Pandora. The film follows Lilith, played by Cate Blanchett, an infamous bounty hunter returning to her home planet to find the missing daughter of the powerful Atlas, portrayed by Edgar Ramírez. Alongside a ragtag team of misfits, including Roland (Kevin Hart), Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), and Claptrap (Jack Black), they face alien species and dangerous bandits, uncovering explosive secrets along the way.
The Borderlands Booth
The Borderlands booth, styled as “Moxxi’s Bar,” became an instant hotspot, drawing massive crowds eager to immerse themselves in the game’s iconic world.
The Borderlands Booth
The Borderlands booth, styled as “Moxxi’s Bar,” became an instant hotspot, drawing massive crowds eager to immerse themselves in the game’s iconic world.
- 7/31/2024
- by Emily Bennett
- Love Horror
It’s almost August, which means two things: It’s the last month of the summer movie season, and we’re into the traditional “Dog Days of Summer” when studios often dump a lot of crap in hopes that moviegoers, at least those not taking their last-minute vacations, might go see them. Oddly, this month we also have a number of original films with just two franchise reboots, and a couple movies based on popular books and one video game. Read on for Gold Derby’s August 2024 box office preview.
“Alien: Romulus” (20th Century – Aug. 16)
Uruguyan filmmaker Fede Alvarez (“Don’t Breathe”) is the latest director to take over this long-running horror sci-fi franchise that began all the way back in 1979 with Ridley Scott‘s “Alien.” Scott is still involved as a producer after directing “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant” in 2012 and 2017, respectively, the former being the highest-grossing movie in the franchise with $402.4 million worldwide.
“Alien: Romulus” (20th Century – Aug. 16)
Uruguyan filmmaker Fede Alvarez (“Don’t Breathe”) is the latest director to take over this long-running horror sci-fi franchise that began all the way back in 1979 with Ridley Scott‘s “Alien.” Scott is still involved as a producer after directing “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant” in 2012 and 2017, respectively, the former being the highest-grossing movie in the franchise with $402.4 million worldwide.
- 7/30/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Returning to her home planet, an infamous outlaw forms an unexpected alliance with a team of unlikely heroes. Together, they battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find a missing girl who holds the key to unimaginable power. Starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Borderlands is in theaters and IMAX August 9! Get tickets now: https://tickets.borderlands.movie
PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some suggestive material.
Made to be experienced on the big screen, Borderlands is directed by Eli Roth, from a screenplay by Roth and Joe Crombie and screen story by Roth.
Wamg is giving away Atom Movie Tickets to see Borderlands.
Email michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com to enter.
Winner Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries. No Purchase Necessary. Must Live In The Continental U.S.
Kevin Hart as Roland, Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis,...
Borderlands is in theaters and IMAX August 9! Get tickets now: https://tickets.borderlands.movie
PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some suggestive material.
Made to be experienced on the big screen, Borderlands is directed by Eli Roth, from a screenplay by Roth and Joe Crombie and screen story by Roth.
Wamg is giving away Atom Movie Tickets to see Borderlands.
Email michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com to enter.
Winner Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries. No Purchase Necessary. Must Live In The Continental U.S.
Kevin Hart as Roland, Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis,...
- 7/30/2024
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Borderlands” is the new science fiction comedy feature, directed by Eli Roth, based on the video game series by Gearbox Software, starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon and Jamie Lee Curtis, opening August 9, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Lilith’, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet ‘Pandora’ to find the missing daughter of ‘Atlas’.
“Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team - ‘Roland’, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; ‘Tiny Tina’, a feral pre-teen demolitionist…
…’Krieg’, Tina's musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; ‘Tannis’, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and ‘Claptrap’, a persistently wiseass robot.
“These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power.
“The fate of the universe could be in their hands but they'll be fighting for something more: each other…...
“…’Lilith’, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet ‘Pandora’ to find the missing daughter of ‘Atlas’.
“Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team - ‘Roland’, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; ‘Tiny Tina’, a feral pre-teen demolitionist…
…’Krieg’, Tina's musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; ‘Tannis’, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and ‘Claptrap’, a persistently wiseass robot.
“These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power.
“The fate of the universe could be in their hands but they'll be fighting for something more: each other…...
- 7/29/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
This article appears in the new issue of Den Of Geek magazine. You can read all of our magazine stories here.
When Hostel director Eli Roth was cast as the Bear Jew in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009), fans were skeptical that he would be up to the task, considering his relative inexperience in front of the camera.
“At the time, people were saying, ‘Why is Tarantino casting Eli? He’s not an actor,’” Roth tells Den of Geek magazine. “And Tarantino is going, ‘Yes, he is. Wait until the movie comes out.’ Fifteen years later, the Bear Jew is a classic character. The way to prove people wrong is with your work.”
For Borderlands, Roth’s forthcoming film adaptation of the long-running Gearbox Software video game series, he assembled an ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart, cast boldly against type. Blanchett, mostly known for dramatic roles in classy Best Picture nominees,...
When Hostel director Eli Roth was cast as the Bear Jew in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009), fans were skeptical that he would be up to the task, considering his relative inexperience in front of the camera.
“At the time, people were saying, ‘Why is Tarantino casting Eli? He’s not an actor,’” Roth tells Den of Geek magazine. “And Tarantino is going, ‘Yes, he is. Wait until the movie comes out.’ Fifteen years later, the Bear Jew is a classic character. The way to prove people wrong is with your work.”
For Borderlands, Roth’s forthcoming film adaptation of the long-running Gearbox Software video game series, he assembled an ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart, cast boldly against type. Blanchett, mostly known for dramatic roles in classy Best Picture nominees,...
- 7/26/2024
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
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