A Borderlands movie is under development at Lionsgate with producers Avi and Ari Arad on board. The father-and-son duo have been involved in numerous super hero and comic films including Iron Man, Spider Man, The Amazing Spider Man, X-Men, Ghost Rider and Blade. Although details on the movie’s plot were not revealed, Take-Two Interactive Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick had this to say about the movie: “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.”
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Avi Arad founded Marvel Studios in 1993 and redesigned 13 years later to form his own production company at which Ari Arad is president.
“Part of our strategy in entering the game space under Peter Levin has been to source new brands with built-in audiences that will translate into great films and television shows,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger. “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.”
Source: Variety
