Jack Black signs on to voice the robot Claptrap in the Borderlands video game adaptation with Kevin Hart, Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis
The cast of Lionsgate’s highly-anticipated Borderlands video game adaptation has just gotten bigger, and funnier.
Jack Black has signed on to join the cast, voicing the sarcastic robot dubbed Claptrap, according to Variety.
The 51-year-old actor joins Kevin Hart as Roland, Cate Blanchett as Lilith and Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis.
New cast: Jack Black has signed on to join the cast, voicing the sarcastic robot dubbed Claptrap, according to Variety
Black’s character is CL4P-TP, a robot who comes to be known as Claptrap, who is quite sarcastic and not at all invested in the team around him.
The game takes place on a planet called Pandora, following a group of ‘vault hunters’ who are seeking a vault said to contain alien technology and other riches.
Borderlands was first released in 2009, selling over 2 million units that year alone, with a number of additional downloadable content (DLC) add-ons released, including one focusing on Claptrap dubbed Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution.
Robot: Black’s character is CL4P-TP, a robot who comes to be known as Claptrap, who is quite sarcastic and not at all invested in the team around him
The game’s developers, Gearbox Software, followed up the original with Borderlands 2 in 2012, Borderlands: The Prequel-Sequel in 2014 and Borderlands 3 in 2019.
Black will reunite with director Eli Roth, who is taking the helm of Borderlands and previously directed Black in 2018’s The House With a Clock In Its Walls.
‘I am so excited to reunite with Jack, this time in the recording booth,’ director Roth said in a statement.
Sequel: The game’s developers, Gearbox Software, followed up the original with Borderlands 2 in 2012, Borderlands: The Prequel-Sequel in 2014 and Borderlands 3 in 2019
‘Claptrap is the funniest character in the game, and Jack is perfect to bring him to the big screen,’ Roth continued.
Nathan Kahane, president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said the casting was, ‘one of the biggest no-brainer casting decisions we’ve ever made.
‘Everyone who’s ever played the game knows Jack is perfect for this part. We’re thrilled he will add his endless comic energy and voice to our film — he’ll bring so much to the movie,’ Kahane added.
Funniest: ‘Claptrap is the funniest character in the game, and Jack is perfect to bring him to the big screen,’ Roth continued
Roth will direct from a script by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, who is also tackling another iconic video game, The Last Of Us, in an HBO limited series.
Avi Arad and Ari Arad are producing through Arad Productions banner, alongside Erik Feig producing for Picturestart.
Black is coming off the smash hit sequel Jumanji: The Next Level, alongside Dwayne Johnson, his Borderlands co-star Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan.
Jumanji: Black is coming off the smash hit sequel Jumanji: The Next Level, alongside Dwayne Johnson, his Borderlands co-star Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan