Jamie Lee Curtis is on the Borderlands movie set playing the role of Tannis, the crazy archeologist who keeps putting science above the lives of everyone around her. She's a good choice for the role, apparently matching Tannis' look so well that it drove Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford to tears.
Besides being a great Tannis, Curtis is also our window into what the upcoming film will look like. Her first snapshot shows us Cate Blanchett as film protagonist Lilith, and I gotta see, even backlit she looks perfect.
"Welcome to BORDERLANDS & a secret BTS shot I took of Lilith, our legendary heroine, psycho blasting, vault hunting vixen with a bad attitude,” wrote Curtis, along with the hashtag #cateblanchett. It’s just a silhouette, but there’s no mistaking the outline of Lilith. Hair, thigh holster, boots--all of it checks out.
Just about the only detail you can quibble with is the fact her jacket has two sleeves whereas the Borderlands 3 iteration of Lilith has just one sleeve while the previous games have zero sleeves.
This is our first real look at pretty much anything having to do with the Borderlands film. Randy Pitchford has warned us that the "Borderlands cinematic universe" will be different from the games, but at least the characters themselves will look mostly the same. Although I’m still a bit nervous about Kevin Hart’s ability to play Roland.
Borderlands has only just started filming, so we're not likely to see it hit theatres until 2022 at the earliest, and maybe not until 2023. In the meantime, Borderlands 3 is still here with new events to keep Vault Hunters satisfied, and Gearbox has announced hiring to start work on "the big one," which we assume to be either a sequel or prequel to Borderlands 3.