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After Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart, the movie
Borderlands
has recruited a new star.
Jamie Lee Curtis has, in fact, been announced to the cast of the adaptation of the ultra-popular video game.
The script, written by Craig Mazin (
Chernobyl
), is currently kept secret, but we know that the video game franchise follows the adventures of four characters on the planet of Pandora who go in search of a mysterious treasure believed to contain extraterrestrial technology.
The group will have to stick together to prevent the leader of a private army from getting his hands on it.
After Cate Blanchett, recruited for the role of Lilith, and Kevin Hart, for that of Roland, Jamie Lee Curtis will play Tannis, an archaeologist who could help them discover the precise location of the "treasure".
An icon
“Working with an icon like Jamie Lee Curtis has been a dream of my life, and I'm so happy that she brings her humor, warmth and brilliance to the role of Tannis,” said film director Eli Roth. (
Hostel
), in a press release relayed by
Empire
.
The cast of this adaptation of a franchise that has millions of fans around the world (45 million games have been sold since the first installment of the saga, in 2009) has so far left most fans of sound perplexed. dense universe, halfway between the farce of science fiction and the post-apocalyptic austerity of
Mad Max
.
Kevin Hart, who isn't known for his bodybuilder physique and fighter roles, is set to play a highly trained ex-soldier, and Cate Blanchett, 51, will play a character who must be in his twenties.
Nothing shocking a priori, but that did not prevent very serious publications like
Forbes
to wonder about the reasons which encouraged the producers and the director to choose actors so different from their character.
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