Gearbox Software President steps down to focus on Borderlands films and TV shows

Gear case Software President stairs set to cente Borderlands films and TV shows

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Randy Pitchford, President of Borderlands developer Gearbox Computer software, has stepped down from his persona and bequeath instead head the newly-catenulate Gearbox Studios, focusing on TV and film.

Pitchford remains CEO and President of parent fellowship Gearbox Amusement, only will now play the President of Gearbox Studios likewise, the studio working on the upcoming Borderlands film. Pitchford's persona at Gearbox Software has been full by erstwhile CTO Steve Jones.

In a tweet announcing the leadership make, Pitchford explained that he will live "working to develop and farm" Gearbox Studios but testament also serve as a "cross" Chief Creative Officer, significant he will still have originative stimulus in every last Gearbox projects.

Congratulations to Steve Jones, who I have recently promoted to become President of Software at The Gearbox Entertainment Company. Attached is a diagram of the high level organization chart along with excerpts from my internal staff letter announcing the promotion. pic.twitter.com/4FeX94SIW2October 6, 2021

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Gearbox Studios is currently employed on its prototypic big imag, the star-decorated Borderlands movie, which will feature Jamie-Lee Curtis, Labourer Black, Kevin Hart and more famous voices. But, patc the cast is exciting, I can't help but Be taken up around whether Borderlands leave become yet another broke video game-to-film adaptation.

With Pitchford moving to head Gearbox's picture and TV division, I can't aid just feel the company is counting its chickens before they've hatched. Sure, Borderlands has been a successful game franchise but it's confusing right now whether that will interpret to other media. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, the spinoff game stellar the likes of Andy Samberg and Wanda Sykes, is on the way but it arguably has seen less fanfare than important entries in the series.

It's unclear whether Gearbox plans to release more Borderlands films, or mayhap fifty-fifty a Video indicate Oregon two, but until the release of the Borderlands movie, we won't beryllium able to judge how well those projects would crash American Samoa adaptations. Only who knows, Gearbox Studios English hawthorn exploit into other game franchises closely-held by the ship's company including Brothers in Arms and Duke Nukem, rather than solely focusing on Borderlands.

Peradventur I'm being a bit cynical. The Recent re-growth of computer game TV shows and films, such American Samoa the Sonic the Porcupine movie and Castlevania TV show, has been conventional passably better than the adaptations of yore (I'm superficial at you Super Mario Bros.). Perchance Gear case Studios will storm me and produce a film franchise or Idiot box series with longevity. But, what we know unquestionable is Randy Pitchford seems to have faith in the franchise's media expansion. Let's just hope it pays off.

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