The Borderlands Movie Trailer Sure Does Look Like Borderlands

Following a teaser of Cate Blanchett’s Lilith, Lionsgate released the first Borderlands movie trailer, and the game adaptation sure does look like Borderlands. The two-minute trailer is full of meme-able moments, but it also gives a brief look at what you could reasonably construe as a possible message that gives a bit of coherence to the explosions, poop fetish jokes, and urine splashes.

Lionsgate's Borderlands movie is the latest in a string of video game adaptations. Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding, indie horror hit Martha is Dead, and Sony's God of War are just a few productions in the works for 2024 as well.

The Borderlands movie follows Roland, Tiny Tina, Lilith, and the obnoxious robot Claptrap as they track down a vault of legendary reputation, a status it earned after everyone who tried finding it died in the process. Jamie Lee Curtis’ Dr Patricia – originally a quest giver in the Borderlands games, but with a more active role in the movie – reminds the ragtag band how deranged their mission is. Their response is that they have something no one else who tried did: serious issues.