Borderlands
2024 film by Eli Roth
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| February 28 2025 | Golden Raspberry Awards: The film received multiple Razzie nominations, including Worst Picture (producers Avi Arad, Ari Arad, and Erik Feig), Worst Director (Eli Roth), Worst Actress (Cate Blanchett), Worst Supporting Actor for both Jack Black and Kevin Hart, and Worst Screen Combo for 'Any two obnoxious characters (but especially Jack Black)'. |
| February 6 2025 | Daniel Orlandi nominated for Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film at the Costume Designers Guild Awards for Borderlands film costume design |
| 2024 | The film was rated poorly by audience polling services, with CinemaScore giving it a 'D+' grade and PostTrak reporting a 46% positive score. |
| 2024 | Borderlands film released, receiving overwhelmingly negative critical reviews from multiple publications including The Guardian, Variety, The Independent, Rolling Stone, and the Evening Standard. |
| 2024 | Film debuts with $8.6 million, finishing fourth in the box office rankings. |
| 2024 | Eli Roth directed the Borderlands film adaptation, featuring scenes that were ultimately cut, including Penn Jillette's cameo as a preacher and scenes with Cheyenne Jackson as Wainwright Jakobs and Charles Babalola as Alistair Hammerlock. |
| November 2024 | Take Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick comments on the film's performance, noting it was disappointing but benefited catalogue sales of the video game series. |
| October 22 2024 | Released on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. |
| August 30 2024 | Digital HD and platform release of the film. |
| August 18 2024 | Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced Digital HD and platform release. |
| August 9 2024 | Borderlands is released in the United States by Lionsgate, receiving generally negative reviews and considered a box-office bomb. |
| August 6 2024 | Borderlands film premieres at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. |
| May 30 2024 | Borderlands film trailer 'Make It Rain' nominated for Best Fantasy/Adventure and won Best Motion/Title Graphics at the Golden Trailer Awards |
| March 20 2024 | Queerties Awards ceremony, where the Borderlands film was nominated for Next Big Thing. |
| June 2023 | Craig Mazin removes his name from the screenplay, and is replaced by Joe Crombie. |
| January 2023 | Two weeks of reshoots conducted, directed by Tim Miller due to Eli Roth's commitments to another film, Thanksgiving. |
| 2022 | Borderlands film was initially planned for release in this year, but was ultimately delayed. |
| June 22 2021 | Filming of the Borderlands movie wrapped up. |
| June 4 2021 | First-look black-and-white silhouette images of the cast were released. |
| April 1 2021 | Filming of the Borderlands movie began in Budapest, Hungary during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| May 2020 | Cate Blanchett was cast as Lilith in the Borderlands film. |
| May 2020 | Initial casting process for the Borderlands film begins. |
| February 20 2020 | Lionsgate announced Eli Roth as director and Craig Mazin as screenplay writer, with Erik Feig joining as producer. |
| 2019 | Penn Jillette voiced the character Pain in the video game Borderlands 3. |
| June 2018 | Oren Uziel took over scripting duties from Aaron Berg. |
| April 2016 | Aaron Berg was selected to write an R-rated screenplay for the Borderlands film. |
| August 2015 |
Borderlands film first announced by Lionsgate Films, with Ari and Avi Arad set to produce, and Leigh Whannell initially in talks to direct.
Lionsgate Partners With Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., Gearbox Software and Producers Avi and Ari Arad on Film Adaptation of Blockbuster Video Game Borderlands® – Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.
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Lionsgate, Avi Arad to Adapt ‘Borderlands’ Video Game for Film
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| May 2015 | Leigh Whannell was in talks with Lionsgate to write and direct a Borderlands film adaptation. |
| 2011 | Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford first discussed a possible Borderlands film adaptation with producers Avi and Ari Arad of Arad Productions. |
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