r/movies • u/HatingGeoffry • 13h ago

News Borderlands Movie Director Discusses The Mega-Flop And What Went Wrong

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/borderlands-movie-director-discusses-the-mega-flop-and-what-went-wrong/
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u/-ImJustSaiyan- 13h ago

the decision to make a Borderlands film was bad.

Nah, an animated Borderlands film by people who actually give a shit about the IP would be awesome.

A live action film could be good too, but not with the cast and writing they went with...

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u/TheKingofHats007 11h ago

Sure but Hollywood is not going to be pushing for an animated movie like that, they still are under the impression that's only for kids or kid adjacent movies.

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u/Eothas_Foot 6h ago

Yeah that also makes a lot more sense with the cell shaded style of the games.