Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett is in talks to star as Lilith in the film adaptation of the “Borderlands” video game series at Lionsgate.
Launched in 2009, the role-playing first-person shooter game is set on the planet of Pandora, a rocky desert world which has been abandoned by a mega-corporation prior to the game’s events and is now in total anarchy.
The games follow a group of augmented mercenaries trying to hunt down an alien vault rumored to contain advanced technology. They find themselves battling the local wildlife and bandit population, and ultimately attempt to stop the head of a private corporate army from reaching the vault first.
Lilith is one of the main protagonists and one of only six women in the galaxy that belong to the powerful ‘siren’ class who wield incredible superhuman powers.
Emmy-winning “Chernobyl” scribe Craig Mazin penned the latest draft of the screenplay. Filmmaker Eli Roth, who previously worked with Blanchett on “The House with a Clock in its Walls,” is directing while Erik Feig, Avi Arad and Ari Arad are producing.
Source: Variety
