Borderlands (film)

Borderlands
A group of eccentric people characters pose next to stacks of cases in front of a colorful background.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEli Roth
Screenplay by
  • Eli Roth
  • Joe Crombie
Story byEli Roth
Based onBorderlands
by Gearbox Software
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRogier Stoffers
Edited by
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate Films
Release dates
  • August 6, 2024 (2024-08-06) (TCL Chinese Theatre)
  • August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$110–120 million
Box office$32.9 million[2][3]

Borderlands is a 2024 American science fiction action comedy film co-written and directed by Eli Roth, based on the video game series developed by Gearbox Software. It stars Cate Blanchett as Lillith, an outlaw who forms an alliance with a team of misfits to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe.[4] The ensemble cast also features Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

The film was announced in August 2015, with Lionsgate Films developing it with Ari and Avi Arad producing, and Leigh Whannell in talks to direct. By February 2020, Erik Feig had joined as a producer and Roth was attached to direct from a screenplay by Craig Mazin. Casting took place from May 2020 to April 2021, with Blanchett cast first and others the following year. Principal photography began in April 2021 in Budapest, Hungary, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and wrapped in June. Two weeks of reshoots took place in early 2023, directed by Tim Miller due to Roth's commitments to Thanksgiving. That June, Mazin removed his name from the project and was replaced by Joe Crombie.

Borderlands premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on August 6, 2024, and was released in the United States by Lionsgate on August 9. The film received negative reviews from critics and became a box-office bomb, grossing $32.9 million worldwide against a production budget of $110–120 million.

  1. ^ "Borderlands (12A)". BBFC. July 4, 2024. Archived from the original on August 13, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024. 100m 35s
  2. ^ "Borderlands – Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on August 3, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "Borderlands". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 3, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  4. ^ Couch, Aaron (April 5, 2021). "Edgar Ramirez Joins Lionsgate's 'Borderlands'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021.