Cabin Fever director Eli Roth's adaptation of Gearbox Software and 2K's Borderlands video game continues to assemble a heck of a cast.
The latest addition is Jack Black (School of Rock, King Kong), who will provide the voice for Claptrap (or, CL4P-TP) the robot. He joins Cate Blanchett (Thor: Ragnarok, The Lord of the Rings) as Lilith, Kevin Hart (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) as Roland, and Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Tannis.
Black has previously worked with both Roth and Blanchett on The House with a Clock in its Walls, and also starred alongside Hart in the recent Jumanji movies.
“I am so excited to reunite with Jack, this time in the recording booth," said the director. "Claptrap is the funniest character in the game, and Jack is perfect to bring him to the big screen.”
Borderlands is a somewhat bizarre and very violent first-person, loot-based shooter which focuses on four “Vault Hunters” fending off local marauders while searching for advanced alien tech on a planet called Pandora. There have been three games released so far, and all have done very well. Borderlands 3 hit shelves in 2019 went on to sell over 8 million copies.
This big-screen take is being developed at Lionsgate and will work off a script from Chernobyl screenwriter Craig Mazin. Roth will also produce along with Avi and Ari Arad through their Arad Productions banner.
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