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How Borderlands bridges the border of film and games — Randy Pitchford and Jamie Lee Curtis
Borderlands the movie is coming out on August 9 in theaters as the latest gaming intellectual property that has gone Hollywood.
To Randy Pitchford, a magician and president of Gearbox Entertainment, this created a long-awaited opportunity to find the border interactive and linear storytelling. We’ve seen wonderful successes in game adaptations with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Last of Us, Twisted Metal, Hitman, Uncharted, Sonic the Hedgehog, Fallout and even Five Nights at Freddy’s. I talked to Pitchford and actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays Dr. Tannis in the film, sees the blurring of lines as further proof that games, like any medium, is a place for art.
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