Borderlands Movie: Cate Blanchett Officially Cast as Lilith

UPDATE: Lionsgate has officially announced the casting of Oscar winner Cate Blanchett in their live-action film adaptation of Borderlands. Blanchett will play the thief-siren Lilith. Borderlands director Eli Roth said in a statement, “I’m so lucky to have the amazing Cate Blanchett starring in Borderlands. We had the most incredible collaboration together on The House with a Clock in Its Walls, and I believe there’s nothing she can’t do. From drama to comedy and now action, Cate makes every scene sing. Working with her is truly a director’s dream come true, and I feel so fortunate that I get to do it again on an even bigger scale.  Everyone brings their A-game to work with Cate, and I know together we’re going to create another iconic character in her already storied career.” Our original report from May 5th follows. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Borderlands is one of the most recent video game movie adaptations in the works, with the project making significant progress towards becoming a reality. Variety reports Cate Blanchett is in talks to star as Lilith, one of the main recurring characters from the games. Lilith is one of the playable characters in the original Borderlands, suggesting the movie may be drawing inspiration from that game more so than its various sequels and spinoffs. Lilith is one of only six female "Sirens" in the Borderlands universe, incredibly powerful, tattooed superhumans drawn to the lawless world of Pandora. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-video-game-movie-in-development-almost&captions=true"] Lionsgate hasn't yet confirmed this casting, and Variety's sources indicate negotiations are still currently ongoing. This would be the latest in a long line of franchise projects for Blanchett, who previously appeared as Queen Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies and Hela in Thor: Ragnarok. The Borderlands movie was first announced in February 2020, with Hostel's Eli Roth confirmed to direct the film and produce alongside Avi and Ar Arad. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford and Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick are also executive producing the film, with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin penning the screenplay. Roth recently appeared at Gearbox's PAX East panel, where he revealed he wants to reward dedicated cosplayers by casting them in the movie and killing off their characters. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/20/its-official-borderlands-movie-to-be-directed-by-eli-roth"] For more on what to expect from the Borderlands movie and other high profile projects, here's a breakdown of every video game movie currently in development. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

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