Her casting was already known but now it’s official – Lionsgate has announced that Oscar winner Cate Blanchett has closed a deal to star in Eli Roth’s film adaptation of the “Borderlands” video game franchise.
Blanchett will lead the cast as Lilith, a siren and legendary thief equipped with magical skills. 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.
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.
Roth says in a statement: “I’m so lucky to have the amazing Cate Blanchett starring in Borderlands. We had the most incredible collaboration together on The House with a Clock in Its Walls, and I believe there’s nothing she can’t do. From drama to comedy and now action, Cate makes every scene sing. Working with her is truly a director’s dream come true, and I feel so fortunate that I get to do it again on an even bigger scale. Everyone brings their A-game to work with Cate, and I know together we’re going to create another iconic character in her already storied career.”
Source: Lionsgate
