The workforce behind the upcoming Borderlands Three have revealed that they’ve bought their sights set on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson for the upcoming movie adaptation of the franchise.
Speaking to VG247 forward of the discharge of the tongue-in-cheek post-apocalyptic role-playing shooter, artistic director Paul Sage revealed that he’s “100%” up for the big-screen adaptation.
A Borderlands movie is currently ‘in development’ with film studio Lionsgate, with Venom producer Avi Arad reportedly overseeing the undertaking and Full Circle reporting that, though it should pull from the supply materials, the movie will function a brand new feminine protagonist
But apart from the as-yet-unannounced lead function, we are able to count on different fan-favourite characters from the sequence to return for the film outing – together with our vault hunter’s little yellow robotic companion, Claptrap.
Sage went on to divulge to VG247 which A-list actor could be his dream casting for the Borderlands film. When we put ahead the all-important query of who might play Claptrap on-screen, Sage considers, “Who could play Claptrap? Our audio guys would tell you, ‘Hey, we can make anybody Claptrap!”
But after a beat of deliberation, Sage is definitive: “I think The Rock. Yeah, The Rock has to play Claptrap!”
We’ll subsequent see Dwayne Johnson on the massive display in motion spinoff ‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ this August, after which in ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’. Could Borderlands be subsequent on the hit checklist of blockbuster franchises for the star?
Scott Kester, Art Director on Borderlands 3, provided a brand new tackle the casting after we put it to him that Sage needed to see Johnson as Claptrap: “Do you mean as a voice or dressed up? Because if he was dressed up, I agree with him completely.”
As we don’t know but whether or not the Borderlands movie can be animated or live-action, we couldn’t verify.
In that case, Kester says, “I’m gonna go with Bill Murray. Yeah! That’s who I want to play Claptrap.”
“Maybe he’d finally get an Oscar,” he provides.
The petition to make it occur begins now. Until then, Borderlands Three will arrive on 13 September for PS4, Xbox One and PC.
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