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\nSure, TV seems to be doing a decent job of making video game adaptations that don’t utterly suck these days, but the movie world’s still waiting for its The Last of Us moment. Will it come in the form Gearbox’s soon-to-be-released Borderlands film? Probably not, but if it’s brightly coloured chaos you’re after, you can expect plenty of that judging by its newly released “final” trailer – which has been shared ahead of the movie’s August launch.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Borderlands movie has, of course, been a long time coming; it was initially announced back in 2015<\/a>, with Saw and Insidious co-creator Leigh Whannell at one point rumoured to be attached. Then, just as it looked like the project had been consigned to the celluloid graveyard, it unexpectedly resurfaced in February 2020<\/a>, this time with Hostel director Eli Roth at the helm.\n<\/p>\n

\nSince then, we’ve seen a succession of eyebrow raising casting announcements – with Cate Blanchett<\/a>, Jamie Lee Curtis<\/a>, Gina Gershiwn, and Jack Black<\/a> all signing on to star – alongside a bit of behind-the-scenes shuffling, as new scriptwriters came onboard and Eli Roth briefly stepped aside during reshoots.\n<\/p>\n

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Sure, TV seems to be doing a decent job of making video game adaptations that don’t utterly suck these days, but the movie world’s still waiting for its The Last of Us moment. Will it come in the form Gearbox’s soon-to-be-released Borderlands film? Probably not, but if it’s brightly coloured chaos you’re after, you can expect plenty of that judging by its newly released “final” trailer – which has been shared ahead of the movie’s August launch. The Borderlands movie has, of course, been a long time coming; it was initially announced back in 2015, with Saw and Insidious co-creator Leigh Whannell at one point rumoured to be attached. Then, just as it looked like the project had been consigned to the celluloid graveyard, it…<\/p>\n

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