A new trailer for Shadow of the Tomb Raider has
franchise star Lara Croft going dark, and questioning her own destiny.
Square Enix has announced that Tomb Raider, a reboot of the beloved
franchise starring Lara Croft, has hit retail today.
Not exact matches
Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne, Ex Machina)
stars as
Lara Croft, the main character from the long - running video game
franchise that follows an explorer who always seems to get caught up in danger and intrigue among historical artifacts and ruins.
Meanwhile, the movie
franchise based on the original game series has been gearing toward a reboot for some time, having remained dormant since 2003's
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, which
starred Angelina Jolie.
For the uninitiated, Tomb Raider is a reboot of the
franchise and
stars a younger
Lara Croft (Camilla Luddington) who is just out of University and is beginning her career as an archaeologist.
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.
This month, Vikander
stars as
Lara Croft in the reboot of the Tomb Raider
franchise (out today), which, if successful, will officially make her that rarest of Hollywood commodities: a great actress who can also sell gazillions of movie tickets.
A reboot of the
franchise, the latest film
stars Oscar winner Alicia Vikander as
Lara Croft (taking over the role from Angelina Jolie) and hopes to launch a new series for Warner Bros..
Last month was a big moment for the Tomb Raider
franchise with the release of the movie
starring Alicia Vikander as
Lara Croft, and the announcement of a new game called Shadow of the Tomb Raider by Square Enix.
The series was also given a semi-successful film
franchise starring Angelina Jolie as the titular tomb raider,
Lara Croft, which ended after 2 films.