Entertainment Movies Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Hart Team Up in Explosive Borderlands Trailer 'Borderlands,' based on the popular video game of the same name, releases in theaters August 9 By Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle is an editorial assistant on the Movies team at PEOPLE. Tommy joined PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on February 21, 2024 12:05PM EST Cate Blanchett is pulling off a space-faring heist in her new movie. On Wednesday, Lionsgate released the first trailer for her new movie Borderlands, an adaptation of the best-selling Gearbox Software video game series directed by Eli Roth (Thanksgiving). The movie's trailer meets Blanchett's character, an outlaw named Lilith, and her companions — former soldier Roland (Kevin Hart), pre-teen demolitionist Tiny Tina (Barbie's Ariana Greenblatt), Tina’s bodyguard Krieg (Florian Munteanu), scientist Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis) and robot Claptrap (Jack Black) — as they prepare to undertake a significant heist, fighting their way through a number of odd landscapes and villains along the way. Red-Haired Cate Blanchett Teams Up with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart and More in Borderlands First Look (Exclusive) Borderlands. Courtesy of Lionsgate In the movie, Lilith, a fugitive, makes a homecoming to her planet Pandora in order to search for the missing daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramírez), according to an official synopsis. She then bands together with the rest of the cast in order to find the girl — though much stands in the group's way."These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power," reads an official synopsis for the movie. "The fate of the universe could be in their hands – but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other." Deadline reported that Blanchett was tapped to play Lilith back in May 2020, with the rest of her on-screen crew signing on the following year. Filming began April 2021 in Hungary and wrapped in June. Near the end of shooting, Curtis, 65, shared a glimpse of the Tár star in character as Lilith on Instagram. Jamie Lee Curtis Shares First Look at Cate Blanchett as Lilith in 'Borderlands' Game Adaptation Borderlands. Courtesy of Lionsgate Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "Welcome to BORDERLANDS and a secret BTS shot I took of Lilith, our legendary heroine, psycho blasting, vault hunting, vixen with a bad attitude and two Oscars to add to the baddasery in her tool belt," Curtis wrote in a caption to that post. The first Borderlands game was released by Gearbox Software in 2009; back in 2011, IGN placed the game at No. 35 on its list of top 100 modern video games. Borderlands is in theaters Aug. 9.