Eli Roth shares more of his vision for the Borderlands movie.

The Borderlands movie has been in the works for a half-decade already, and it's still just getting started. But it crossed a major milestone recently when Gearbox announced that Hostel director Eli Roth had come aboard to direct the video game adaptation.

Roth appeared at the Gearbox PAX East panel today in Boston--he grew up in Newton--where he reacted to joining the movie and shared some new insight. In particular, he revealed that he wants to cast cosplayers in the movie, and then do terrible things to them.

As announced previously, the Borderlands movie is being written by Craig Mazin, who wrote the comedies The Hangover 2 and 3 before moving to more serious fare with HBO's Chernobyl. Spider-Man veterans Avi and Ari Arad are also producing.

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Eli Roth appeared onstage at Gearbox's PAX East panel to voice his excitement for the Borderlands film, calling its fan base a `mad, insane family.`

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Roth stressed that it is only very early days for the Borderlands movie. "I'm so excited to do something. I think the movie is going to be great. We're just getting started, so there is nothing to share yet," he said.