(No, it’s not her.)
According to The Hollywood Reporter Warners Bros. and producer Dan Lin are in early development on a a reboot of Tomb Raider, the popular video game action franchise.
Lin will produce along with Stephen Gilchrist, Ian Livingstone, and Matt Reilly. Lin is the producer behind Warners’ upcoming Guy Ritchie-directed update of Sherlock Holmes and the adventure film Jonny Quest.
The new project, however, is expected to revamp the character and her mission and bear little resemblance to the original pictures. It will reimagine the origins of the character, her love interest and the main villain.
As an open-writing assignment, the project is still in its nascent stages. An actress who could play the role Angelina Jolie made famous would likely come on after a writer and director are attached.
The first pic, which came out in 2001, grossed a whopping $275 million worldwide, while the 2003 follow-up earned a more modest $157 million.
The first pic concerned Croft’s race against a secret society known as the Illuminati to find a key, while the second centered on her quest to find “Pandora’s Box.”
I have one question, does this need to be made? I would rather them focus their time on a new possible franchise. I enjoyed the Tomb Raider films, but they weren’t that spectacular.
Who could play the new Lara Croft? Do we even need a new Tomb Raider film?