Eli Roth Says He Wanted His Movie BORDERLANDS To ‘Keep The Spirit Of The Games’ And Says ‘It’s Bananas’

Director Eli Roth recently talked about his upcoming film adaptation of Borderlands and previews what we can expect from it. One of the things he is keen to say is that he will maintain the “spirit” of the original games.

While speaking with ComingSoon, Roth was asked about the type of humor we would see in the film and whether it would be as reference-heavy as the original games. So he talked about this and how the creator of the game, Randy Pitchfordhe was there to entertain his ideas:

“They’re bananas. I really wanted to keep the spirit of the film in the spirit of the games. Randy Pitchford, the creator, was there with me every step of the way. If I had my idea for a joke that wasn’t part of Borderlands canon, he’d be like, “Oh, that’s cool.” Claptrap would absolutely do that.” For all the character stuff I wanted them to do, I was like, ‘Okay, would Lilith do something like that?’ Or, ‘Is this a Tiny Tina move?’ He says, ‘That’s cool.’ We should do that in the game. That’s really, really cool.” So yes, the movie is fun. It’s wild. It was a huge, huge undertaking, especially during Covid. People are going to have to wait a little longer for that, but I’m really, really excited about it.”

I hope this movie turns out to be really great! We’ll see how it turns out, though. The film had undergone two weeks of filming which was not directed by Roth. The study ended up engaging Dead Pool director Tim Miller to replace Roth for filming because Roth was starting work on his Thanksgiving horror film.

The story for Borderlands follows Lilith, a notorious outlaw with a mysterious past. She reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora and forms an unexpected alliance to find Atlas’ missing daughter. The film is the protagonist Cate Blanchett like Lilith, Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis, Kevin Hart like Rolando, Black Jackthe character of Clatrap, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, and Florian Munteanu like Krieg. Check out some of their teaser photos here. They are united by Gina Gershon as Moxxi, Edgar Ramirez, Janina Gavankar, Cheyenne Jackson, Carlo Babalola, Benjamin Byron Davis, Steven Boyer, Ryann RedmondAND Haley Bennett.

Here is the synopsis released for the film:

Lilith (Blanchett), a notorious outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the most powerful son of a bitch in the universe, Atlas (Ramirez). Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team: Roland (Hart), a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a ferocious pre-teen wrecker; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina’s muscular and rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis (Curtis), the scientist with a tenuous hold on sanity; and Claptrap (Black), a persistently wise 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 may be in their hands, but they will fight for something more: for each other.”

Avi AND Ari Arad they are producing through Arad Prods. Check out our reaction video for the footage we saw of the film here.