The road to releasing a Borderlands movie has been an incredibly long and arduous one, beginning all the way back in 2015 when Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell was in talks to bring the beloved video game franchise to the big screen. The last nine years haven't gone too smoothly for the Borderlands movie, however, with it changing hands multiple times, receiving several major delays, and its current co-writer Craig Mazin allegedly removing his name from the project back in June 2023.