When the last trailer for the Alicia Vikander - starring Tomb Raider movie reboot came out, we noted that it was so faithful to the 2013 Tomb
Raider video game reboot that anyone who played the game didn't even really need to see the clip.
Lara Croft's adventure continues in the sequel to the 2013 Tomb
Raider video game reboot, Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Not exact matches
This new Tomb
Raider clip from Warner Bros.» upcoming movie
reboot proves that director Roar Uthaug has absolutely nailed the visual aesthetic of the 2013
video game, but is capturing that aspect enough to pull off a successful adaptation?
New Tomb
Raider clips have been released from the Alicia Vikander - fronted
reboot of the popular
video game franchise.
As I was watching the new «Tomb
Raider», which is based on the Lara Croft
video games, and, of course, is a
reboot of the «01 & «03 films starring Angelina Jolie, I couldn't help but think that this is the kind of movie normally released in the summertime, not in mid-March.
Vikander is still filming Tomb
Raider, the massive
reboot of the
video game to film franchise, and will also be seen in period pic Tulip Fever very soon.
Already this year, there have been two films based on
video games released in the Alicia Vikander led Tomb
Raider and the Dwayne Johnson led Rampage, with more planned in upcoming years including a
rebooted Doom film.
Much like the
rebooted video game series, «Tomb
Raider» set out to depict a much more grounded and vulnerable Lara Croft than in previous incarnations.
Considering just how well - received the 2013
video game reboot of the Tomb
Raider franchise was - which told a similar origin story - like tale for Lara Croft - it doesn't come as much of a surprise that this new take on the character would pick up with her at the start of her adventuring days.
Unfortunately, Hollywood's record of adapting
video game franchises for the big screen hasn't improved in any notable way since then, making this Tomb
Raider reboot feel like just as much of an uncertainty as ever.
There will, of course, be multiple hurdles that the studio will have to face along the way - but following the release of two critically - acclaimed installments in the original Tomb
Raider video game franchise (over the past three to four years) and there's nothing but good will surrounding the
reboot right now.
Similar to the general trajectory of the 2013
video game reboot, Vikander revealed that Tomb
Raider will pick up with Lara as a girl stuck in a day job in London, who journeys into the unknown after an unlikely clue hints at the possible survival of her presumed - dead father:
The most interesting notion that the new «Tomb
Raider»
reboot has to offer apparently comes from the 2013 reimagining of the original»90s
video game: It gives us a Lara Croft who's capable but not superhuman, making her more like Bruce Willis» legendary John McClane (in the first few «Die Hard» movies, anyway) than the usual impenetrable war machines who so often anchor action flicks and
video games.
Rebooted as a
video game in 2013, it was only going to be a matter of time before Hollywood had another crack at turning Tomb
Raider into a viable movie franchise.
Films adapted from
video games have now been around long enough for the first major franchise
reboot (Hitman and Street Fighter don't count), and while this new Tomb
Raider movie has more honourable intentions than the shallow Angelina Jolie - starring films from 2001 and 2003, it too suffers from the inherent superficiality that tends to plague
video -
game adaptations.
The
Game Developers Conference (GDC) is not until next week, but Square Enix seems to have decided to announce the game tomorrow in order to coincide with this weekend's release of Warner Bros.» Tomb Raider movie reboot, directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, which also happens to be based on Crystal Dynamics» rebooted video game ser
Game Developers Conference (GDC) is not until next week, but Square Enix seems to have decided to announce the
game tomorrow in order to coincide with this weekend's release of Warner Bros.» Tomb Raider movie reboot, directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, which also happens to be based on Crystal Dynamics» rebooted video game ser
game tomorrow in order to coincide with this weekend's release of Warner Bros.» Tomb
Raider movie
reboot, directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, which also happens to be based on Crystal Dynamics»
rebooted video game ser
game series.
Aside from its excellent sales, the
game was also a big favorite amongst critics, topping many best of the year lists and even helping to renew Hollywood's interest in basing a new Tomb
Raider film, starring Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne) as Lara Croft, on the
rebooted video game franchise.
The Tomb
Raider video game franchise has seen new life since its gritty and realistic
reboot from which the film draws its inspiration from, but the first Tomb
Raider trailer - like many of our «first looks» at 2018 movies so far - and poster failed to impress.
The Tomb
Raider reboot is seeking to be the first great
video game adaptation, but recent trailers have only reinforced one main concern we have about the
reboot.
The Tomb
Raider video games got a gritty makeover in 2013 and the film
reboot is unsurprisingly drawing heavily from the modern Tomb
Raider games for its own reinvention of the property.
Tomb
Raider (2018) is a
reboot of the
video game movie franchise that winds the clock back to when Lara was in her early 20s and taking college classes in London, making her living as a bike courier.
Alicia Vikander's Tomb
Raider reboot is the first truly great
video game movie - and it does so by rejecting the conventional approach to the «genre».
Darrell Gallagher has a long history in the
video game industry, serving as the Head of Crystal Dynamics during the launch of the 2013 Tomb
Raider reboot and its sequel Rise of the Tomb
Raider.
Taking over the role originated by fellow Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, Alicia Vikander will play Lara Croft in a Tomb
Raider origin story drawing inspiration from Crystal Dynamics» 2013
video game reboot of the franchise, and due to arrive in theaters in 2018.
Tomb
Raider (directed by Roar Uthaug) is an action adventure film based on the 2013
video game reboot of the same name.
Crystal Dynamics released their Tomb
Raider reboot earlier this year, accumulating critical acclaim and strong sales that continue to place Lara on
video games sales charts, on a weekly basis.
Alicia Vikander's Tomb
Raider reboot is the first truly great
video game movie - and it does so by rejecting the conventional approach to the «genre».
Fellow
video game - based movie franchise Tomb
Raider is also going the origin story route, with Oscar - winner Alicia Vikander playing a college - age version of Lara Croft in the
reboot.
In 2013, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix launched a
reboot of the Tomb
Raider video game series.
The
video game series was recently
rebooted by
game developer Square Enix with 2013's Tomb
Raider, which depicted Croft's first adventure as an archaeology student, and its follow - up Rise Of The Tomb
Raider.
There's a
reboot of the Tomb
Raider movies coming our way in 2018, which is in turn based on the
reboot of the Tomb
Raider video games.
Additionally, a review of the 2013
reboot of Tomb
Raider points out the
game's multiplayer component had not been sufficient to make the
video game experience remarkable.
The upcoming Tomb
Raider 2018
reboot film has reignited the discussion about the state of
Video Game to film adaptations.
If I had to draw a direct comparison to another
video game, I'd say that Horizon's bow and arrow combat shares a lot of similarities with the recent Tomb
Raider reboot, particularly Rise of the Tomb
Raider.