Who knew that “dumpster fire” is an insult on planets other than Earth?

In the trailer for Lionsgate Film’s adaptation of the Borderlands video game, Cate Blanchett plays the lead character Lilith, who “reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful SOB,” according to the movie’s official description.

Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a bunch of misfits, including mercenary Roland (Kevin Hart), demolitions expert Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), Tina’s muscle-bound protector Krieg (Florian Munteanu), scientist Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), and wiseass robot Claptrap (voice of Jack Black).

The film’s description concludes, “together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora’s most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe could be in their hands – but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.”

Borderlands the game was developed by Gearbox Software, who first issued it in 2009. The role-player shooter had twseo quel, Borderlands 2, which came out in 2012, and Borderlands 3 in 2019.

Getting Borderlands to the big screen has taken almost a decade: he movie version was announced nine years ago, when Lionsgate was in talks with Leigh Whannell to write and direct the adaptation. Producers Ari and Avi Arad also considered Aaron Berg and Oren Uziel to handle the screenplay, but that deal never happened.

The production picked up steam in 2020, when Eli Roth was attached to direct the film, and Craig Mazin hired to pen the screenplay. Blanchett’s involvement was announced that same year, with the rest of the cast signing in 2021. The screenwriting duties eventually moved from Mazin to Roth and writer Joe Crombie for the final version. Deadpool helmer Tim Miller stepped in to oversee reshoots in early 2023 when Roth was shooting the movie Thanksgiving.

Gina Gershon, Cheyenne Jackson, Charles Babalola and Benjamin Byron Davis also appear in the film, and Penn Jillette, who voiced a character in Borderlands 3, has a cameo.

Borderlands roars into theaters on August 9th.