The Borderlands movie doesn't retell a story from the games and instead exists in a parellel timeline. Telling a new story will allow the Borderlands movie to surprise those who played the games. The film could end up being divisive due to its PG-13 rating and certain casting choices.

Borderlands executive producer Randy Pitchford explains how the movie connects to the games. Serving as an adaptation of the hit GearBox video game franchise, the Borderlands movie hails from director Eli Roth, with a screenplay by Roth and Joe Crombie. The film, which stars Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cate Blanchett, Ariana Greenblatt, Haley Bennett, and Florian Munteanu, follows a team of misfits as they attempt to rescue a missing girl, who just might be the key to accessing a great power.

In a recent interview with EW, Pitchford, who serves as CEO of GearBox, the creator of Borderlands,...