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Lionsgate Looking to Make Borderlands Movie With Avi Arad


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Yes, the Spider-Man producer who had to get booted off the Spider-Man series in order for the Marvel deal to happen and who also brought us the Bratz movie, is now planning on taking a game most distinctive for its stylized animation and pointlessly make it live-action. Lionsgate promises “a bold, provocative, no-holds-barred motion picture phenomenon” with “the same in-your-face attitude that has made the series a blockbuster mega-franchise.”

Or maybe they just want to have trailers mentioning a planet called Pandora by the time the Avatar sequels are out.

Oh, wait, here’s the best part of the press release (I’m assuming it’s a press release because I’d think an actual written story would be more skeptical about Mr. Arad): “Avi Arad founded Marvel Studios in 1993 and resigned 13 years later to form his own production company, where Ari Arad is the president. He’s continuing to produce some of the Marvel films, such as the ‘Spider-Man’ titles, along with videogame adaptations such as ‘Uncharted’ and “Ghost in the Shell.”

Yes, that groundbreaking video game Ghost in the Shell. I’ve heard of that. Am I being overly cynical here?