Tomb Raider Franchise Getting Films Again
In the history of video game films the Tomb Raider films with Angelina Jolie were some of the more well-executed ones. The second didn’t perform quite as well as the first, so Paramount did the smart thing and left well enough alone. They opted not to keep the rights for the franchise, so they were by default returned to Eidos. Now Warner Bros. has picked up the film rights to the adventures of buxom British explorer Lara Croft.
Rumors put Megan Fox in the title role, but as of right now that’s just a rumor. As of right now the only name definitely attached to the project is Dan Lin, a producer who’s worked on The Departed, Sherlock Holmes and the upcoming Terminator: Salvation. As one might expect Warner Bros. plans on rebooting the franchise, ‘re-imagining’ the origins of the character, her love interest and chief villain.