There’s no shortage of violence and horror elements to be found in the Borderlands video games, and it looks like a horror filmmaker will be directing the very first big screen adaptation of the games. Deadline reports that Eli Roth has signed on to direct for Lionsgate!
Production, the site says, will begin later this year.
“Borderlands is set in the distant future, in which four “Vault Hunters” travel to the distant planet Pandora to hunt down an alien vault, rumored to contain advanced alien technology. The hunters find themselves battling the local wildlife and bandit population, but ultimately attempt to stop the head of a private corporation army from reaching the vault first.”
Roth said, “I’m so excited to dive into the world of Borderlands and I could not be doing it with a better script, producing team, and studio. I have a long, successful history with Lionsgate – I feel like we have grown up together and that everything in my directing career has led to a project of this scale and ambition. I look forward to bringing my own energy, ideas, and vision to the wild, fun, and endlessly creative world of the game.”
An inspired choice, and we’re thinking Roth’s sense of humor and flair for genre-comedy should make him a pretty good fit for the wacky, violent, monster-filled world of Borderlands.
Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) wrote the current draft of the script. Avi Arad and Ari Arad of Arad Productions are producing alongside Erik Feig of PICTURESTART.
The franchise’s most recent game, Borderlands 3, was released late last year.
