Cate Blanchett Officially Boards Eli Roth’s Borderlands! Lionsgate has announced that two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (Carol, Blue Jasmine, The Aviator) has closed a deal to star in director Eli Roth’s adaptation of Borderlands! The project reunites Blanchett with Roth after starring in the director’s hit film The House with a Clock in Its Walls, which opened #1 at the box office.
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In addition to Borderlands, Blanchett will star in James Gray’s upcoming Armageddon Times, and Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up.
Roth said, “I’m so lucky to have the amazing Cate Blanchett starring in Borderlands. We had the most incredible collaboration together on The House with a Clock in Its Walls, and I believe there’s nothing she can’t do.