We know that we’re getting a Fallout series from Amazon soon, but Lionsgate is set to bring us to a more colorful wasteland with their upcoming adaptation of Borderlands.
The movie is set to come out this August, and before we get the trailer drop, the studio has dropped some new stills of the characters, a poster, and a teaser. Check these out:
First poster for the live-action ‘BORDERLANDS’ movie.
In theaters on August 9. pic.twitter.com/dzf3ofu3B8
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Higher quality versions of those two first look images from the Borderlands movie. Enjoy. pic.twitter.com/5NbYSh21tH
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The synopsis for the movie reads:
Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.O.B., Atlas. Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team – Roland (Kevin Hart), a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and Claptrap (Jack Black), a persistently wiseass robot. These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power. The fate of the universe.
If you’ve checked out the Borderlands games, you’ll know that they have a different twist to the Wasteland aspect. Sure, the Mad Max inspiration is clear, but we also see that the game is more colorful—which is something the movie is trying to emulate.
Fans of the game will also recognize all the characters in the crew, which are a mix of playable and non-playable characters. More characters from the game are also set to make an appearance, but we’ll probably have to wait for the official trailer drop to get a look at them as well.
Catch Borderlands when it hits theaters on Aug. 9.
