Hack horror director, Eli Roth, has been tapped to direct the movie adaptation of the hit video game Borderlands. Roth was revealed as director via Twitter courtesy of cheap part magician and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford. Pitchford will serve as an executive producer on the project.

I’m very excited to welcome Eli Roth as Director of the Borderlands movie in development with Lionsgate and Arad Productions. Please welcome @EliRoth to the team and be sure to catch the @GearboxOfficial Main Theater Show at #PAXEast on 2/27 to learn more. #borderlandsmovie pic.twitter.com/Uaxs7jm10i

— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) February 20, 2020

In a released statement Roth told fans that: “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.”

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