Borderlands movie casts bodybuilder Olivier Richters as villain Krom

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

THR reports that prolific professional bodybuilder-turned-actor Olivier Richters (the upcoming Black Widow and The King's Man) has joined the cast of Eli Roth's upcoming feature film adaptation of the sci-fi action game Borderlands as the villain Krom, the terrifying leader of the psycho bandits that rule Pandora. He'll be joining the previously cast Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez, and Jack Black.

Here's the film's official synopsis:

Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.O.B., Atlas (Ramirez). Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team – Roland (Hart), a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis (Curtis), the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and Claptrap (Black), a persistently wiseass robot. These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power. The fate of the universe could be in their hands – but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.

Meanwhile, no official release date as of yet, but we'll keep you updated!

So what do you guys think? Fans of the game? If so, looking forward to the new film? Either way, sound off below!