Jamie Lee Curtis signed with Lionsgate’s Borderlands, joining Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart in adapting director Eli Roth’s popular video game. Craig Mazin wrote the final draft of the script.
Curtis will play Tannis, based on the character Dr. Patricia Tannis, an archaeologist from the planet Pandora, whose experience can help lead to a mysterious vault full of ancient alien technology. She has a complicated history with Blanchett’s character, Lilith.
“Working with the iconic Jamie Lee Curtis has been a dream of my life, and I am very excited that she will bring her mood, warmth and shine to the role of Tannis,” said Roth in a statement.
“Jamie is unique in the sense that his characters have depth and seriousness, but they are also always a lot of fun – she runs the screen,” said Lionsgate Motion Pictures Group President Nathan Kahane. “At this point, Jamie is like family to us – after bringing so much to ‘Knives Out’ and hosting the ‘Lionsgate Live’ fundraiser last summer to help theater workers, we couldn’t be more excited to work with her again.”
Avi Arad and Ari Arad from Arad Productions and Erik Feig from Picturestart are producing.
First released by Gearbox Software in 2009 as a PC and console video game, “Borderlands” spawned several subsequent titles, including “Borderlands 2”, the best-selling title for 2K. The most recent title, “Borderlands 3”, released in September 2019, has sold over 11 million units worldwide. Randy Pitchford, founder of the Gearbox Entertainment Company, and Strauss Zelnick, president and CEO of Take-Two Interactive, are executive producers of the adaptation for the feature.
Collider was the first to break the news.