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Updated: Jan 26, 2021 7:26 pmKevin Hart has officially joined the cast of the Borderlands movie.Hart has been cast as Roland, a character from the first two Borderlands games and The Pre-Sequel. The press release announcing Hart's casting only references that Roland is an "ex-soldier turned mercenary" which lines up with the character's backstory in the game.In the games, Roland was honorably discharged from the military unit, Crimson Lance, and turned to a life of loot-hunting with the help of shotguns, turrets, and assault rifles.Every Video Game Movie in Development (Almost)Hart will star in the movie with . The movie will be directed by Hostel director, Eli Roth. Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford is an executive producer on the movie.“I’m thrilled to be working with Kevin,” Roth said in a press release. “Borderlands is a different kind of role for him, and we are excited to thrill audiences with a side of Kevin they’ve never seen before. He’s going to be an amazing Roland.”Hart is best known for his stand-up comedy, but has led the box office with multiple action-comedy movies over the past decade, including the Jumanji movies. Hart also appeared in the Ride Along franchise with Ice Cube and Central Intelligence with Dwayne Johnson.The Borderlands movie will be written by Craig Mazin, who recently wrote HBO's critically-acclaimed Chernobyl miniseries. Mazin is currently developing as well.The press release also announces the Borderlands franchise has surpassed 66 million units sold worldwide. Borderlands 2 is the biggest game in the franchise with 24 million copies sold. The most recent title, 2019's Borderlands 3, has sold over 11 million units.Here is a list of . That list includes .Roth has also said that as a way to honor the fans.Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN. If Claptrap is in this movie, then I'll go see one of the other dozen video game movies that will be in theaters.Platforms

Updated: Jan 26, 2021 7:26 pmKevin Hart has officially joined the cast of the Borderlands movie.Hart has been cast as Roland, a character from the first two Borderlands games and The Pre-Sequel. The press release announcing Hart's casting only references that Roland is an "ex-soldier turned mercenary" which lines up with the character's backstory in the game.In the games, Roland was honorably discharged from the military unit, Crimson Lance, and turned to a life of loot-hunting with the help of shotguns, turrets, and assault rifles.Every Video Game Movie in Development (Almost)Hart will...

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