Cate Blanchett is in talks for the Borderlands movie

Eli Roth (Hostel, The House with a Clock in Its Walls) is directing the film adaptation of Borderlands for Lionsgate,  based on the action role-playing first-person shooter video games in a space western science fantasy setting from developer Gearbox Software and publisher 2K.

Not much else is known about the film, but Variety is reporting that Cate Blanchett (The Lord of the Rings, Thor Ragnarok) is in talks to join the project as Lilith. Lionsgate has not commented on the news

Roth joins producers Avi Arad, Ari Arad, Erik Feig and Emmy-winning screenwriter Craig Mazin who wrote the most recent draft of the screenplay.

Borderlands has sold over 57 million units sold-in worldwide, including over 22 million units of Borderlands 2. The most recent installment, Borderlands 3, was released in September 2019, and has already sold-in nearly 8 million units worldwide.