Eli Roth has set up his next directorial effort. Roth will take on an adaptation of the sci-fi video game, Borderlands. The film is set to begin production this year.
Avi Arad and Ari Arad are producing Borderlands through their Arad Productions banner with Erik Feig through his Picturestart. He has watched over the project and overseen development, including the latest draft of the screenplay by the two-time Emmy-winning screenwriter Craig Mazin. Lionsgate has been developing the project since 2015.
The video game 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. The game has been wildly successful, selling more than 57 million units around the globe, including over 22 million units of Borderlands 2. More than 1M players every month still play the 2012 entry Borderlands 2. The third installment, Borderlands 3, was released last September and has clocked 8 million units worldwide in sales.
