It’s game on for Cate Blanchett. Sources tell
Variety the Oscar-winning actress is in talks to star as Lilith in
Lionsgate’s “
Borderlands,” an adaptation of the popular video game. Lionsgate had no comment.
Eli Roth is directing with Avi and Ari Arad producing through Arad Prods along with Erik Feig, who is also producing via his Picturestart banner. Craig Mazin, who won an Emmy for writing “Chernobyl,” has written the latest screenplay draft.
If a deal is completed, it’s another major win for the studio in recent weeks following the news they would team with Francis Lawrence on a prequel in the “Hunger Games” franchise as well as bringing on Eric Warren Singer to pen the next installment in the “Now You See Me” series.
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