#ALICIA VIKANDER TOMB RAIDER MOVIE#
The action-adventure game was a massive hit after its 1996 debut, spawning multiple sequel games and eventually the Jolie-starring movie adaptations. King acquired film rights to the original video game property from Square Enix Ltd. MGM even had a release date: March 2021, smack in the middle of the Covid pandemic. Ben Wheatley and more recently Lovecraft Country‘s Misha Green had been attached to direct, the latter as late as last year. Opening bids were taken last week, but things have escalated into a. Tomb Raider is due out on March 18th, 2018, so mark your calendars, and get your cosplays ready.
#ALICIA VIKANDER TOMB RAIDER SERIES#
Stay tuned for who comes out on top.Īngelina Jolie kicked off the film series in 2001 with Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, spawning a sequel two years later, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, both via Paramount Vikander took on the role for the Roar Uthaug-directed reboot which grossed $274.7 million at the worldwide box office for distributor Warner Bros.Ī sequel to that movie had been in the works since 2019 with Vikander set to return. As a result, Alicia Vikander, who starred as Lara Croft in 2018’s Tomb Raider, is no longer attached to the project. Watch Alicia Vikander escape death so many times in the first trailer for Tomb Raider. The actress is no longer attached to a planned sequel, and Graham King’s GK Films is now shopping rights and seeking a new lead, Deadline has confirmed.Ī bidding battle is underway, we hear. Lara Croft actress Alicia Vikander says she hopes production for Tomb Raider 2 can 'get on track.' In a new interview in Total Film magazine (via comicbook ), Vikander said she's been talking with. After a pair of movies starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft was released years prior, Alicia Vikander took over the role in the Tomb Raider reboot released in 2018. Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander), the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father, Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West) disappeared. Just a couple weeks ago, Alicia commented on what’s going on with Tomb Raider.MGM no longer holds rights to produce the Tomb Raider film franchise, which has spawned three movies with the most recent in 2018 starring Alicia Vikander. Alicia Vikander Is Out As Tomb Raider James Brizuela The Tomb Raider franchise has suffered quite a blow, as the movie rights have now fallen from MGM control. With Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu. Alicia‘s reboot in 2018 grossed $275 million worldwide. Rights reverted to the game company, then the game company and Graham King’s GK Films made a deal to rep the IP,” the outlet reported.Īngelina Jolie starred in the original films back in 20, which grossed $432 million worldwide. “Insiders add it’s a complete reboot and there are no casting or director commitments. The next film, it seems, will be a complete reboot of the franchise without Alicia Vikander, who starred as Lara Croft in the last movie reboot of the series.
The studio let the window pass and now other studios are bidding to win the rights. TheWrap reports that MGM had until May 2022 to greenlight a sequel to Tomb Raider or the studio would lose the rights. MGM has lost the rights to the project and a bidding war has begun for a new studio to obtain the rights to the Tomb Raider franchise.Ĭlick inside to read why the studio lost the rights… The Oscar-winning actress starred in the 2018 reboot Tomb Raider and she was slated to appear in a Misha Green-directed sequel, but now it’s no longer happening. Alicia Vikander will not be back as Lara Croft.
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