eight years since it was first announced back in 2015 the borderlands movie has a firm release date at lastannounced during san diego comic con 2023 via deadline the borderlands movie release date has officially been set for august 9 2024 just a little over a year from now considering its been in some stage of development for almost eight years thats not such a long waitthe borderlands movie is directed by eli roth best known for splatter horror movies like cabin fever and hostel roth was previously confirmed to have cowritten the screenplay with craig mazin known as the creator and writer of the hbo series chernobyl as well as the cocreator and cowriter of the hbo adaptation of the last of us but hes recently and mysteriously had his writing credit removed the writers guild website now lists joe crombie as cowriter many assumed crombie to simply be mazins pseudonym but mazin has denied this under no uncertain termsregardless roths pedigree is matched by an absolutely starstudded cast that includes cate blanchett taking the lead role as lilith kevin hart as roland jack black as claptrap and jamie lee curtis as dr patricia tannis the cast is filled out by the likes of cheyenne jackson janina gavankar edgar ramirez florian munteanu bobby lee haley bennett gina gershonthe plot centers around lilith as she reluctantly returns to pandora in search of the daughter of a powerful man named atlas teaming up with a ragtag gang of misfits along the waytheres a lot of promise surrounding the borderlands film but it remains to be seen whether it can join the ranks of the best video game movies ever