Cate Blanchett Stuns in First Look at Inevitably BadBorderlandsMovie

If it feel like you ’ve been hearing about the Borderlands pic for an awfully long time , well — our first coup d’oeil of Cate Blanchett as flushed - headed bounty hunter Lilithcame in June 2021 . Now we have a much better feel at her type beyond that puzzling silhouette , and she looks great . The pic itself , well … TBD .

Here ’s the image , first portion out byPeopleand later released by Lionsgate ; the studio apartment also revealed a dawdler is coming tomorrow , February 21 :

Fans of the strike murder quad westerly telecasting game first learned of the Eli Roth - directed moviein former 2020 , which might as well be the last C as far as the pandemic and Hollywood smash are concerned . throw up continuedthrough spring 2021 ; along with Blanchett , the ensemble includes Kevin Hart , Edgar Ramírez , Jack Black , Ariana Gleenblatt , Florian Munteanu , andJamie Lee Curtis . In January 2023 , we read thatTim Miller ( Terminator : Dark Fate ) had stepped in to do reshoots for Roth , with Roth ’s approval ; he was busy at the prison term manoeuvre Thanksgiving , which relinquish in November 2023 .

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Here ’s the prescribed precis from Lionsgate : “ Lilith ( Blanchett ) , an ill-famed bounty hunter with a orphic past times , reluctantly come back to her base , Pandora , the most chaotic planet in the galaxy . Her foreign mission is to come up the lack girl of Atlas ( Ramírez ) , the universe ’s most muscular S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected coalition with a ragtag team of misfits==Roland ( Hart ) , a seasoned soldier of fortune on a foreign mission ; Tiny Tina ( Greenblatt ) , a ferine pre - adolescent demolitionist ; Krieg ( Munteanu ) , Tina ’s musclebound defender ; Tannis ( Curtis ) , the oddball scientist who ’s seen it all ; and Claptrap ( Black ) , a wiseass automaton . Together , these improbable heroes must combat an alien coinage and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora ’s most explosive secret . The luck of the universe could be in their hands – but they ’ll be fight for something more : each other . Based on one of the well - trade videogame franchises of all time , welcome to Borderlands . ” Now , what are they attend at ?

Borderlands hits theaters August 9 . In the meantime , check out this new poster too , show more of the cast :

Are you excited or feeling … some other emotion about this long - wait adaptation ?

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Update , Tue/20 , 1:10 p.m. : update to include prescribed Lionsgate images and abstract , as well as information that the trailer is get tomorrow .

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