As Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie continues to amass its core cast, now comes word that Jamie Lee Curtis has joined the picture.

Via Collider, major genre fave Curtis has signed on to play Dr Patricia Tannis in Roth’s adaptation of the beloved video game franchise. That character is a scientist pivotal to all three of the main Borderlands video games, with her often there to assist the central protagonists of said gaming series.

Roth himself was quick to confirm this news, enthusing about how working with Jamie Lee “has been a life long dream” of his, citing the “humour, warmth and brilliance” that the actress will bring to the Tannis role.

In Borderlands, Curtis joins the previously announced Cate Blanchett as Lilith and Kevin Hart as Roland. Along with Eli Roth, Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin has penned the screenplay for this adaptation.

For those not familiar with the Borderlands video game franchise, the official word reads:

Borderlands is set in the distant future, in which four ‘Vault Hunter’ travel to the distant planet Pandora to hunt down an alien vault, rumoured to contain advanced alien technology. The hunters find themselves battling the local wildlife and bandit population, but ultimately attempt to stop the head of a private corporation army from reaching the vault first.

As a video game series, Borderlands began back in 2009. Since then, there have been three follow-up games, several spin-off games, a comic book series, and several novels.

Up next for Jamie Lee Curtis, of course, is a returning to the franchise that started it all for the iconic star – that being Halloween Kills this October, which will then be followed by Halloween Ends in October 2022.