Gearbox Studios president Randy Pitchford

Gearbox Studios president Randy Pitchford

The somewhat controversial co-founder of  Gearbox Entertainment Randy Pitchford announced that he is  stepping down as a software president for the company.  He will stay with the company but instead his role will be president of the newly-formed Gearbox Studios, which is focussing on developing film and TV series.

Gearbox Entertainment’s former chief technology officer Steve Jones will take Mr. Pitchford’s position and will now serve as the new president of Gearbox Software.

IGN reports that Gearbox Studios is working on a new upcoming Borderlands live-action movie.

Borderlands movie details

Lilith, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.O.B., Atlas. Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team –

  • Roland, a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption;
  • Tiny Tina, a feral pre-teen demolitionist;
  • Krieg, Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector;
  • Tannis, the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity;
  • Claptrap, a persistently wiseass robot.

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.

The fate of the universe could be in their hands – but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.