Jamie Lee Curtis joined Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart in the cast of “Borderlands”, the adaptation of the popular video game franchise created on Lionsgate.
Curtis will play Tannis, an archaeologist on Pandora who may have the key to finding the safe, but whose complicated story with Lilith (Blanchett) will not help.
Eli Roth is directing the film based on the video game franchise.
“Working with the iconic Jamie Lee Curtis has been a dream of my life, and I am very excited that she brings her humor, warmth and shine to the role of Tannis,” said Roth in a statement.
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The final draft of the “Borderlands” script is by Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”). Avi Arad and Ari Arad are producing through their Arad Productions banner, with Erik Feig also producing through PICTURESTART.
“Borderlands” is based on Gearbox Software’s PC and console trilogy and publisher 2K. The series is a first-person shooter and visceral role-playing game about four “Vault Hunters” on a planet called Pandora who fight against local bandits and looters in their search for a hidden vault that supposedly contains advanced alien technology.
The Borderlands games have sold 66 million units sold worldwide, including more than 24 million units of “Borderlands 2”, which is the best-selling title in 2K’s history. The most recent version, “Borderlands 3”, was released in September 2019 and recently launched for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. “Borderlands 3” has sold over 11 million units worldwide and has been honored with the Best Award Multiplayer game at Gamescom 2019 and best continuous game at Gamescom 2020.
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The executive producers of the film are Randy Pitchford, executive producer of the video game franchise “Borderlands” and founder of the Gearbox Entertainment Company, and Strauss Zelnick, president and CEO of Take-Two Interactive.
James Myers and Aaron Edmonds are overseeing the project on behalf of Lionsgate. Emmy Yu is supervising the film for Arad Productions. Lucy Kitada and Royce Reeves-Darby are overseeing the project for PICTURESTART.
“The kind of talent we managed to gather for ‘Borderlands’ is proof of the incredible script Craig wrote and Eli’s vision for Pandora,” said Lionsgate film group chairman Nathan Kahane in a statement. “Jamie is unique because her characters have depth and seriousness, but they are also extremely funny – she commands the screen. 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 thrilled to work with her again . “
Jamie Lee Curtis last starred in “Knives Out” for Lionsgate, and she will be seen in the “Halloween”, “Halloween Kills” and “Halloween Ends” reboot sequences.
Robert Melnik negotiated the deal on behalf of Lionsgate.