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Cate Blanchett is taking on a new role!

The 51-year-old Carol actress will star in Eli Roth‘s adaptation of Borderlands, Lionsgate announced on Thursday (May 26).

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Cate just previously worked with Eli in 2018′s The House With a Clock in Its Walls.

She is set to star as Lilith, “a siren and legendary thief equipped with magical skills.”

“I’m so lucky to have the amazing Cate Blanchett starring in Borderlands. We had the most incredible collaboration together on The House with a Clock in Its Walls, and I believe there’s nothing she can’t do. From drama to comedy and now action, Cate makes every scene sing. Working with her is truly a director’s dream come true, and I feel so fortunate that I get to do it again on an even bigger scale. Everyone brings their A-game to work with Cate, and I know together we’re going to create another iconic character in her already storied career,” Eli said.

Borderlands is based on the bestselling PC and console gaming franchise, which has sold over 57 million units worldwide.

If you didn’t know, Cate recently revealed she pitched this secret second role in Lord of the Rings…

Cate Blanchett originally had some other plans for the Lord of the Rings series!

The 51-year-old actress, who played Galadriel in the Peter Jackson movie series, originally pitched a secret cameo role to the director, she revealed on Marc Maron‘s WTF podcast.

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“For me it was super quick,” she said of her experience filming on set.

“There’s not too many chicks in the Tolkien universe. I loved it so much and I did say to Peter and [co-producer and co-writer] Fran [Walsh], they were doing a banquet scene with a whole lot of dwarves. I always wanted to play the bearded lady, so I asked them, ‘Could I be your hairy wife woman when you pan across the banquet table of dwarves?’ Of course I couldn’t because the timing shifted. But it takes them forever. For me, Galadriel it was just three weeks,” she said.

Cate first played Galadriel in 2001′s The Fellowship of the Ring, and is one of the only actors to be included in every Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movie.

Despite the current shutdown, Cate just boarded two new upcoming films. Find out what she’s planning to star in…

Cate Blanchett is lining up two new movies for after the Hollywood shutdown is over.

The 50-year-old actress has signed on to star in Armageddon Times and Don’t Look Up, Variety reports.

Armageddon Times is based on director James Gray’s own experiences as a student at the Kew-Forest School in Queens.

Meanwhile, Don’t Look Up is a Netflix film to be helmed by Adam McKay and will also star Jennifer Lawrence.

The movie follows two low-level astronomers who embark on media tour to warn mankind of an approaching asteroid that will destroy planet Earth.

Cate has also signed on to star in an adaption of Borderlands.

Cate Blanchett is being eyed for the role of Lilith in Lionsgate’s Borderlands, an adaptation of the popular video game of the same name, Variety reports.

Borderlands was first launched in 2009 and “is set on the frontier of a sci-fi universe — the planet of Pandora — which has been abandoned by a mega-corporation prior to the game events.”

Lilith is from the planet Dionysus in the game and she is part of the “Siren” class, which is a group of women with unbelievable powers. She has the ability to “phasewalk,” which can make her invisible and lets her deal electrical and fire damage to help heal herself.

Cate Blanchett has something important!

The Thor: Ragnarok actress revealed that she has Thor’s legendary hammer during an appearance on Tuesday’s (April 14) at-home edition of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

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“You know how that Thor film that was shut down in Australia? It wasn’t anything to do with COVID-19. It was because I got the hammer. I have Mjölnir here. And, look at how easy I can lift it,” she amusingly said.

She also said she’s got stuff from the set of The Hobbit.

“I was looking for my ears—for my elf ears and I couldn’t find them. And I know the kids have Hobbit feet somewhere and I thought, Oh, I’d love to show them to you. Couldn’t find them. But I did find Tauriel’s fighting blades…I mean, some people stock toilet paper, but I’ve got these,” she said.

Watch Cate Blanchett reveal her legendary item…

Cate Blanchett and Jai Courtney hit the red carpet at the premiere of their new show Stateless on Wednesday (February 26) at the Zoo Palast in Berlin, Germany.

The 50-year-old Oscar-winning actress looked pretty in yellow, floral-print dress and black blazer while the 33-year-old Suicide Squad actor sported a dapper black suit and black turtleneck for the premiere held during the 2020 Berlinale International Film Festival.

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Stateless centers on four strangers — from a flight attendant to an Afghan refugee — who find themselves caught up in one of Australia’s many immigration centers, THR reports. Cate will be playing a fictional cult leader.

Stateless will be debuting on March 1 in Australia, and will be hitting Netflix globally later this year. Check out the trailer here!

FYI: Cate is wearing a Dries Van Noten outfit.

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Cate Blanchett is hitting the small screen!

The 50-year-old actress has teamed up with her school friend Elise McCredie and director Tony Ayres to create a six-part drama called Stateless from NBCU.

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Stateless centers on four strangers — from a flight attendant to an Afghan refugee — who find themselves caught up in one of Australia’s many immigration centers, THR reports. Cate, who plays a fictional cult leader, is joined by an ensemble cast that includes Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic West and Jai Courtney.

Stateless premieres at Berlinale on 26 February before debuting on the ABC on 1 March.

Pictured: Cate Blanchett all smiles while attending the Plot Point Party during the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival at Stilwerk on Sunday (February 23) in Berlin, Germany.