Comparison of the live-action movie casting and game characters in Borderlands

With the release of the live-action movie poster for "Borderlands", IGN compared the characters in the live-action movie with the characters in the original game, so that people can more intuitively feel the degree of restoration of the film to the game.

Cate Blanchett as Lilith

Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Tanis

Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina

Jack Black (Po in Kung Fu Panda) voices Cranky

Florian Munteanu as Crazy Craig

Kevin Hart as Roland

IGN also reported on the interesting behind-the-scenes story of the Borderlands live-action movie:

Gearbox president Pitchford has said that he has always resisted the idea of ​​adapting the studio's works into movies. However, Ari Arad, producer of the upcoming Borderlands movie, had multiple discussions with him and proposed multiple script versions, which eventually led to the collaboration.

"One day, Ari and I were playing League of Legends, he was playing support, I was playing ADC, and we were talking about movie possibilities over voice chat while we were playing," Pitchford explained. Interestingly, Pitchford said he was playing Caitlyn at the time, a character he believes is "a total rip-off of Crazy Moxxi from Borderlands, which Riot fully acknowledges."

Since then, the two have frequently played games together, which gave Pitchford the confidence to eventually sign on to develop a Borderlands film adaptation (it seems like business deals don't happen on the golf course anymore these days).

Like the games, the upcoming film will be an action-packed adventure set on the fictional planet Pandora and will feature some of the series' most beloved characters. In this all-new film version, audiences will see red-haired bandit Lilith join forces with a group of unlikely heroes to search for a missing girl who could change the fate of the universe.

Pitchford recalled that Curtis' decision to join the cast was largely encouraged by her daughter, who loved the Borderlands series and said, "Mom, you have to do this movie."

For Black, the connection goes even deeper. Back in 2012, when Borderlands 2 was first shown at E3, he attended the show with his son. Black asked Pitchford to play the game, and the Gearbox founder told him that if the series was ever to be adapted into a movie, he would have to play Crank. He readily agreed.

"Whether you've played the Borderlands games or not, it's a fun movie to watch," Pitchford said. "It's really, really fun to watch."

"Borderlands" will be released in the United States on August 9, 2024 by Lionsgate.