Warner Bros. To Distribute ‘Tomb Raider’ Movie Reboot; New Writer Hired
Six years ago, news of aTomb Raidermovie reboot first hit the web. It was beingdeveloped by GK Filmsasan origin storydrawing inspirationfromRise of the Planet of the Apes. MGM thencame on boardand there a script waseven commissioned. But we haven’t heard anything since 2013.
Now there’s the first significant update in two years. Warner Bros. has come on board to distribute the film, which will be written byEvan Daugherty, the writer ofSnow White and the Huntsman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Divergentand the upcomingG.I. Joe 3.Read more about theTomb Raidermovie reboot below.
Deadlinebroke the latestTomb Raidermovie reboot news. They say with Warner Bros. on board to distribute and Daugherty’s hire, the film is “on a fast track, and there is strong progress to production language in the rights deal with Square Enix, the video game company behind the title.” We’ll see if that’s true. We have been hearing about this movie since 2009 after all.Tomb Raideris the massively successful video game series starring Lara Croft, a bad-ass, gun-toting female version of Indiana Jones. After launching in 1996, the franchise was made into two successful movies in 2001 and 2003 with Angelina Jolie playing Croft. Since then, more games have been released keeping the character very much in the public consciousness.
According toDeadline, the same structure pitched years ago remains in place.Tomb Raiderwill feature “a younger Lara Croft going on her first adventure.” So this is full-on reboot. That’s one way to help fans forget about Angelina Jolie, who was just about the all-time perfect actress for that role.
However, is Croft going to be learning how to be the “Tomb Raider” in this film or is she just going to be going on her first adventure? Is this Tim Burton’sBatmanorBatman Begins? I guess that’s up to Daugherty now. Marti Noxon, writer/showrunner forBuffy the Vampire Slayer, was most recently attached to write the screenplay but there’s no mention of her.
What are your thoughts about aTomb Raiderreboot written by the man behindSnow White and the Huntsman?
