Jamie lee curtis joins cate blanchett and kevin hart in lionsgate’s ‘borderlands’

Two-time Golden Globe winner Jamie Lee Curtis has come aboard the Eli Roth-directed movie adaptation of the bestselling video game _Borderlands_, joining Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart. Based

on the PC and console gaming experience from developer Gearbox Software and publisher 2K, the Lionsgate film is set in the distant future when four “vault hunters” travel to the distant

planet Pandora to hunt down an alien vault rumored to contain advanced technology. Curtis will play Tannis, an archeologist on Pandora who might have the key to finding the vault, but whose

complicated history with Lilith (Blanchett) isn’t going to help. Craig Mazin wrote the most recent draft of the screenplay. Avi Arad and Ari Arad are producing through their Arad Productions

banner with Erik Feig of Picturestart. Exec producers are Randy Pitchford, EP of the _Borderlands_ video game franchise and founder of Gearbox Entertainment, and Strauss Zelnick, chairman

and CEO of 2K parent Take-Two Interactive. James Myers and Aaron Edmonds are overseeing the project on behalf of Lionsgate. Emmy Yu is overseeing the film for Arad Productions. Lucy Kitada

and Royce Reeves-Darby are overseeing for Picturestart. WATCH ON DEADLINE Curtis, who will reprise her role as Laurie Strode in the next two_ Halloween_ installments, _Halloween Kills _and

_Halloween Ends_, is repped by CAA and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman.