Just a few days after adding Golden Globe winner Jamie Lee Curtis (
Halloween) to the cast, Eli Roth’s
Borderlands continues to expand its roster and set up a reunion between the
House With a Clock in Its Walls filmmaker and Jack Black as the star has signed on to portray the beloved robot companion Claptrap. The film also marks a reunion between
Jumanji stars Black and Kevin Hart.
“I am so excited to reunite with Jack, this time in the recording booth,” Roth said in a statement. “Claptrap is the funniest character in the game, and Jack is perfect to bring him to the big screen.”
After already landing a two-time Oscar winner and Emmy nominee to its cast, Eli Roth's in-development film adaptation of 2K Games' Borderlands franchise is expanding its cast even further with the addition of two-time Golden Globe winner Jamie Lee Curtis (Knives Out) as iconic archeologist Tannis!
Jamie Lee Curtis will be part of the Borderlands movie as an archaeologist called Tannis, Lionsgate has announced, alongside Cate Blanchett as the legendary thief Lilith and Kevin Hart as the skilled soldier Roland.
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BORDERLANDS Adaptation Adds HALLOWEEN & KNIVES OUT Star Jamie Lee Curtis As Tannis
Eli Roth s
Knives Out, Halloween) set to join Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart as Tannis the archaeologist.
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Cabin Fever director
Borderlands video game was confirmed late last year, and that was followed by
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) is set to join her as Roland.
Now,
Halloween icon Jamie Lee Curtis.
The
Knives Out star is set to play a character from the games named Tannis, who is described as an archaeologist on Pandora who might have the key to finding the vault, but whose complicated history with Lilith isnât going to help.