Borderlands Creator Randy Pitchford Pitched Jack Black on Playing Claptrap Back In 2012

It's been a long road for the Borderlands movie to see the light of day--it was filmed in 2021, and then underwent reshoots in 2023, and now, another year later, it's finally hitting theaters. It hasn't been the smoothest ride, but for Gearbox co-founder and CEO Randy Pitchford, whose company made the video game franchise on which the film is based, it's been worth the struggle to finally get this film out.

"It's amazing, you know? There were moments that, regardless of what happens from here on out, are already worth it," Pitchford told me during a joint interview with Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays Tannis in the film.

"There was a scene that Jamie [Lee Curtis] and Cate [Blanchett] shot in the caves when Jamie's character Tannis, activated the map of Pandora. And to watch Jamie and Cate perform that as Dr. Tannis and Lilith and become the characters and bring them to life--we've only worked with these characters digitally and virtually, and Cate and Jamie and all the cast brought these characters to life. But when I watched Jamie like getting into the lore that my buddies and I built for this universe we've created, like, it could have ended there, and I would have died happy."

Borderlands Creator Randy Pitchford Pitched Jack Black on Playing Claptrap Back In 2012

Borderlands Creator Randy Pitchford Pitched Jack Black on Playing Claptrap Back In 2012

Borderlands Creator Randy Pitchford Pitched Jack Black on Playing Claptrap Back In 2012

Borderlands Creator Randy Pitchford Pitched Jack Black on Playing Claptrap Back In 2012

Borderlands Creator Randy Pitchford Pitched Jack Black on Playing Claptrap Back In 2012