It appears to be like like Hostel director Eli Roth might be making the Borderlands movie

The long-forgotten Borderlands movie would possibly truly be making some headway, as Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford tweeted that Eli Roth has joined the group to direct it. Roth is thought for making a good few horror flicks (in addition to that one bizarre household movie the place Jack Black plays a warlock that saves the world), so, yeah, no thought what his hyperlink is with Borderlands actually.

Pitchford deleted the tweet saying all the brand new movie stuff this virtually instantly – however the web by no means forgets, Randy.

Props to Kotaku for speedily grabbing this screenshot earlier than Pitchford removed the proof:

“Welcome to the Borderlands family!” reads the marginally terrifying photoshopped picture of shirtless Eli Roth wielding a Psycho’s buzz axe. The director is fairly well-known for his horror movies Cabin Fever and Hostel – the latter of which I’ve simply remembered I’ve seen and it’s an entire gore fest. It was a type of horrors I watched once I was undoubtedly too younger to look at horrors. Oh god how did I not keep in mind this, I’m watching the trailer now and it’s so grotesque.

…But I digress, Borderlands is fairly gory I suppose, even when it’s simply cartoon gore. Maybe Roth is fairly well-placed to make the Borderlands film in spite of everything.

We’ve recognized a screen adaptation of the Borderlands games has been in the works since 2015, however there’s been so little information on it, it appeared prefer it in all probability wasn’t taking place. The movie is supposedly in growth with Lionsgate, with the assistance of producers Avi and Ari Arad, who beforehand labored on movies like Iron Man and Spider-Man.

“The Borderlands games don’t pull any punches, and we’ll make the movie with the same in-your-face attitude that has made the series a blockbuster mega-franchise,” stated Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger (*deep breath*) again when it was initially introduced.

Pitchford’s tweet additionally revealed that we’re going to listen to extra concerning the Borderlands film on February 27th in the course of the Gearbox Theatre Show at PAX East, so maintain your eyes peeled subsequent week for more information.