With developers still planning for the next instalment of Tomb Raider, fans have shown that their devotion to the video game series and to Lara Croft as an iconic heroine is still going strong. In the past year, a Tomb Raider anime series was announced, with Hayley Atwell cast as the voice of Croft. The franchise at large is very much alive. After a year of uncertainty, Vikander reassured fans that the sequel was not dead. RELATED: Aged-Up Mario, Lara Croft & Robotnik Will Make You Feel as Old as They Are - Or OlderĪnnounced in 2019, the film was set to enter production in early 2020 but was postponed to an undecided date after the pandemic caused an industry-wide shut down. I’m hoping that we get on track and get to do something together." I wasn't a fan of the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movies but Angelina Jolie did nail the character of Lara Croft.
She said, "When the studio first said they were interested in a sequel, I got really excited.When Misha was mentioned to me and I saw the work on Lovecraft Country, I was extremely impressed." She added, "It’s so much fun on the Zooms I’ve had with Misha to finally sit with another woman my own age." She remains hopeful that the movie will move ahead, saying, "I get to talk about big action set pieces and stunts that we want to make. As a long time die hard Tomb Raider Fan (like from back in the 90s when the original Tomb Raider was released), I was excited to see this movie. The latest Tomb Raider games have been received incredibly well with gamers, with Rise of the Tomb Raider doing better on the PC than consoles - but did you know theres a new Tomb Raider movie on. Green announced that she had completed this phase of work on the movie by sharing the cover of. In an interview with Total Film, star Alicia Vikander talked about her enthusiasm for the video game sequel, as well as its progress. Over on social media, Green shared that the initial script for Tomb Raider 2 has now been completed. and MGM to capitalize on Tomb Raiders' renewed popularity.The sequel to 2018's Tomb Raideris still being worked on and its star is still just as enthusiastic about the upcoming project, despite filming delays brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Alicia Vikander is itching to go spelunking into Lara Crofts legacy once again, telling EW that the coronavirus pandemic put a temporary halt on the Tomb Raider. Clearly, the reboot was successful, and it's now up to Warner Bros.
Within 48 hours of its release, Tomb Raider already sold more than a million copies, and the game has since racked up 8.5 million sales overall. The game was developed by Crystal Dynamics, and though the project did experience one or two delays, fans kept up their hype for the game until its eventual release. Released back in 2013, Tomb Raider boldly rebooted the long-standing franchise to establish Croft's origins as an archeologist-slash-explorer. When Alicia was announced to be the actress cast as Lara Croft, fans immediately began speculating about the film's connection to the wildly success Tomb Raider game revival. So I hope that doing a film of the rebooted game will bring something new and fresh that'll stand on its own two legs." You get into an emotional aspect of getting to know Lara hopefully in an in-depth way. Speaking with HitFlix, Alicia confirmed that the film's creators told her, "they were doing the film based on the reboot of the game from 2013.