Eli Roth is set to helm the forthcoming Borderlands movie, based on Gearbox’s hugely popular shooter video game series.
In a press release on Thursday, Lionsgate announced that Roth will be joining producers Avi Arad and Ari Arad, together with executive producers Randy Pitchford and Strauss Zelnick, on the highly anticipated project. Elsewhere, Erik Feig is said to be overseeing development while Craig Mazin is the person responsible for the latest draft of the screenplay.
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“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,” Roth said in a statement.
“I look forward to bringing my own energy, ideas, and vision to the wild, fun, and endlessly creative world of the game. Randy Pitchford and everyone at Gearbox have been incredibly supportive of my ideas – it really feels like a perfect storm of creators coming together. We are out to make a new classic, one which the fans of the game will love, but also one which will find new audiences globally.”
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As a director, Roth is best known for his gruesome horror work on the likes of Cabin Fever and Hostel. In recent years, he helmed the Keanu Reeves-led home invasion thriller Knock Knock, the reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish, and the fantasy-adventure film The House with a Clock in its Walls.
Borderlands is rumoured to be going after an R-rating, as the studio aims to “make the movie with the same in-your-face attitude that has made the series a blockbuster mega-franchise.”
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com Borderlands Movie To Be Directed By Eli Roth