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• New images from the upcoming Borderlands movie finally give fans a proper look at the iconic characters in live-action.
• Cast members like Cate Blanchett as Lilith and Florian Munteanu as Krieg are seen sporting their iconic looks from the game.
• The sci-fi action-comedy film follows a group of unlikely allies on a mission to save a tycoon's missing daughter on the planet Pandora.

As anticipation grows for the movie's release, new Borderlands images have arrived with proper looks at its ensemble cast of characters.

With just a few months remaining until it hits theaters, People has revealed new images from the Borderlands movie.

The images, as seen above, reveal a proper first look at the video game characters in live-action, with prior images only teasing their designs in black and white and backlit shots. The cast are all seen donning their iconic looks from the Gearbox franchise, namely Cate Blanchett's Lillith sporting her iconic red hair, as well as Florian Munteanu's Krieg in his psycho outfit.

Red-Haired Cate Blanchett Teams Up with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart and More in Borderlands First Look (Exclusive)

Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt and more star in the film adaptation of the Borderlands games. PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the Eli Roth-directed film.

people.com

Borderlands Images Reveal First Look At Video Game Characters In Live-Action

Blanchett's Lilith is ready for action.

screenrant.com

 

[Moochi]

Cate looks great.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

This actually looks ... good! Lilith looks great. BL2 is one of my favourite games ever. I really hope this is good.

 

[poodaddy]

This finished shooting several years back. They've had to call a few of the actors back for reshoots and additional photography quite a lot over the past three years. Usually when a film spends that long in post production, it's not a great sign.....I hope I'm wrong and that it's good though. I really like the first Borderlands game a lot, hoping this does it justice.

 

[VenomousCoffee]

That's quite a cast for a video game adaptation.

Edit: "years of reshoots" is not what you want to hear, though.

 

[Gaiff]

I know it's comedy but words cannot express how much I loathe Kevin Hart as Roland. He's supposed to be the charismatic and cocky leader of the group, not some little guy who always plays himself as a goofy comic relief character.

 

[dorkimoe]

Really bad casting IMO. Kevin Hart and Jamie lee curtis? lol.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Is this a joke? This isnt really coming out right?

 

[Fake]

Match with the game.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I’ll be pleasantly surprised if it’s funny.

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

don’t know if the movie will be good or not love me some cate blanchett.

 

[Holammer]

Looks like pretty decent low budget cosplay, or a porn parody.

 

[Kacho]

Looks like pretty decent low budget cosplay, or a porn parody.

It really does. Looks like CW production.

 

[Zheph]

Is Kevin Hart supposed to be Roland? Terrible idea

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I just hope it’s as clever and hilarious as Borderlands 3.

I think it would be really innovative if the entire show had nonstop radio chatter of people yapping and making shit + piss jokes.

 

[Zheph]

I just hope it’s as clever and hilarious as Borderlands 3.

satire? i need confirmation

 

[intbal]

Is this the one that was so bad they had to throw out the entire film and start over from scratch?
I swear I read about a recently made movie like that.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Red-Haired Cate Blanchett Teams Up with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart and More in Borderlands First Look (Exclusive)

Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt and more star in the film adaptation of the Borderlands games. PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the Eli Roth-directed film.

people.com

Borderlands Images Reveal First Look At Video Game Characters In Live-Action

Blanchett's Lilith is ready for action.

screenrant.com

I thought they would use cell-shading

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Looks like pretty decent low budget cosplay, or a porn parody.

Stolen from twilo99



I could get behind that (litterally)

 

[Denton]

Still surprised Blanchett agreed to do this.

Then again, she did mrvel.

 

[tommib]

What is Cate doing in this? From Tár do Borderlands? Her agents have a sense of humour I guess.

 

[Vyse]

This actually looks ... good! Lilith looks great. BL2 is one of my favourite games ever. I really hope this is good.

Right! I was thinking the exact same thing. Pleasantly surprised!

 

[Mephisto40]

This is going to suck, and be not very funny

 

[Kadve]

Most of these look fine but Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis? They look nothing like each other and im not sure if playing a crazy person is something she does well.

 

[mckmas8808]

Oh wow!! Kevin Hart? Cool.

 

[Zuzu]

I’m surprised that Cate Blanchett is cast as Lilith. I kind of wouldn’t think that an actress of her calibre would be into something like this. I hope it’s genuinely funny.

 

[Doom85]

I have to say, never thought I’d see the day we were getting a Borderlands movie with Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Although Jamie maybe shouldn’t be too surprising since she legit loves stuff like Street Fighter and One Piece (even saying she’d be open to the idea of playing the role of Dr. Kureha in the live action version if she liked what she saw of Season 1 when it aired).

Not sure how I feel about Kevin Hart as Roland, I like Hart, but IIRC Roland’s personality doesn’t really fit with Hart’s usual style, but maybe he’ll surprise me.

And Jack Black as Claptrap, okay, that’s pretty cool.

 

[TransTrender]

Not bad!

 

[The Cockatrice]

Prolly going to be a massive flop.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

I can’t remember the last time Jamie Lee Curtis was in a bad movie.

I know we’re all cynical over here but Borderlands 1 wasn’t even a good story in my opinion, B2 was waaaaay better so I don’t think the bar is that high.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I can’t remember the last time Jamie Lee Curtis was in a bad movie.

How about all of those recent shitty Halloween sequels

To me shes just the lady from the shit yogurt commercials

 

[Big Baller]

 

[Evil Calvin]

Prolly going to be a massive flop.

If that crapfest Barbie movie can succeed then there is no reason why this couldn't

 

[YCoCg]

I thought they would use cell-shading

Rotoscoping like A Scanner Darkly would've been it

 

[Lokaum D+]

once again, cosplayers doing a better job with way less money

 

[Little Chicken]

Cate Blanchett's puzzling involvement indicates that the script might actually be good.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

The official poster has also dropped. I'll add it to the OP.

Edit: A trailer will also be released tomorrow.

 

[Shut0wen]

Its an eli roth film, expect it to be mega ahit, straight to dvd actor that some how knows some powerful that funds his shit mind

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

suicide squad vibes

 

[F0rneus]

Cate Blanchett looks fire.

 

[GymWolf]

This is gonna suck so much asses.

 

[ButchCat]

They lied to Cate Blanchett and told her she was on the Mad Max set. She's too classy for this.

 

[jshackles]

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

Cate Blanchett is excellent, but I don't think this will be any good, or the "so bad it's good" movie people may want it to be.

Every single video game movie is a waste of time and money.

They lied to Cate Blanchett and told her she was on the Mad Max set. She's too classy for this.

I wish she was in a Mad Max movie, playing a bad guy or girl (Considering she played Bob Dylan, she could do either just fine).

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Worst casting since the Uncharted movie lol

 

[Futaleufu]

Looks like every latino character did not make it to the movie

 

[Danjin44]

it’s like bunch of old people cosplaying as video game characters.

 

[Dr_Ifto]

Trailer drops tomorrow. Heres hoping its at least decent.

 

[Boralf]

Why all these game adaptations? Are they good now or are they making money now? And why Borderlands? I thought that game barely had any story. Is it a movie about upgrading guns and loot drops? And who is this targeted at? And why? And so many questions.

 

[JordiENP]

well it looks like Borderlands.