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‘Borderlands’ is Headed to the Silver Screen
Lionsgate has announced that they will be taking audiences to the world of Pandora (no, not the same Pandora in Avatar) for a video game-to-film adaptation of Borderlands. The film will be produced by father-son producing duo Avi and Ari Arad (Ghost Rider, Blade, Iron Man).
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger tell Variety:
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.
Meanwhile, Take-Two Interactive Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick adds:
Lionsgate has emerged as a major creative force in the global marketplace with an incredible portfolio of brands; our partners at Gearbox have pioneered and cultivated an iconic property; and Avi and Ari Arad are two of the most successful producers of action franchises. This alliance is ideally positioned to create a bold, provocative, no-holds-barred motion picture phenomenon that will delight ‘Borderlands” current legions of fans and captivate moviegoers around the world.
The Borderlands franchise has seen more than 26 million copies shipped as of this month, half of which came from the second game.
I remember my friends and I being obsessed with the first game upon its release. We played it for weeks on end and it was absolutely one of the most entertaining games I’d played in a long time.
It’ll be interesting to see how Lionsgate will tackle this as it needs to be pretty twisted yet darkly humorous to work. Plus, some of locations will require a TON of CGI and some massive set pieces. I’m skeptical but hopeful.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at just 35 years old. The news was first reported by TMZ this afternoon.
The outlet reports, “The actress’ boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, tells TMZ … Daveigh died Tuesday from meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.” The website’s report continues, “We’re told Daveigh had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month because of malnutrition.”
Here in the horror world, a young Daveigh Chase memorably played Samara in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror movie The Ring, the American remake of the Japanese horror hit.
Far outside the horror world, Daveigh Chase voiced Lilo in the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch, a character she continued to voice in various animated spinoff projects.
Chase also appeared as Samantha Darko in the 2001 classic Donnie Darko, later returning to play the sister of Donnie Darko in the 2009 spinoff movie titled S. Darko.
Daveigh Chase’s resume also includes roles on the TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed,” “ER,” “Touched by an Angel,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” and 32 episodes of “Big Love.”
Chase appeared in the films The Rats, Silence, Carolina, Beethoven’s 5th, Yellow, Little Red Wagon, Transference, Killer Crush, Jack Goes Home, and American Romance.
We send our deepest condolences to Daveigh Chase’s family, friends, and fans.
Pictured: Daveigh Chase in ‘Killer Crush’ (2015)
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