tomb Raider It is one of the best-known sagas in the history of video games that, in addition, has the fortune of having already completed 25 years of history behind it. That happened last year and we are sure that the owners of the franchise (Eidos, that is Square Enix) would have loved to commemorate it in the best way imaginable, that is with the release of a new movie. But It seems that the plans have not gone as expected. At least until today.
Another of Alicia Vikander as Lara
If you remember, tomb Raider It has experienced two reboots as such in the last decade. On the one hand, video games, when in 2013 the trilogy of our beloved Lara was released in its most surviving facet (survivor); and on the other, the movies, which after several years of neglect picked up the witness of what was seen in those games to take it to the big screen. Then, Angelina Jolie had already passed on to a better life to entrust the future of the saga to the Swedish Alicia Vikander.
After the premiere of the film in 2018, it began to be heard that tomb Raider would have a new continuation, also starring Lara Croft although soon the years began to pass… and until today. Currently the project is still underway and with some clear lines, although it has passed through so many hands that it is not very clear how much longer we will have to wait. There is no doubt about the approach it will have, which will remain attached to the success of the games of the last decadethat trilogy survivorand with the idea of collecting a good part of what was seen both in Rise of the Tomb Raider like in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The last releases that took place between 2015 and 2018.
Beginnings, changes and now what?
The tomb Raider by Alicia Vikander was not exactly the definitive film about the character that fans expected. Proof of this is that it barely managed to reach 275 million dollars in revenue despite the fact that it had cost close to 100. Even so, from the production company they were encouraged to launch a sequel which should have been released in March 2021. As you will surely imagine, the pandemic had a lot to do with the paralysis of the entire process, which also caused a change of course.
The first thing was to eliminate the authors of the first film to hand over to the screenwriter Amy Jump (Free Fireand, High rise...) and her husband Ben Wheatle (Doctor Who) who, finally, would be in charge of directing the tape. But the coronavirus postponed everything since filming should have started in the same month of April 2020, at which time almost the entire planet was confined.
That delay changed all plans and both Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley left for other projects, so it came Misha Green, who quickly got down to writing the scriptn with the purpose of directing also what would be Tomb Raider Obsidian. But something must have happened in 2021 with the work of the person in charge of lovecraft territory (also participated in Sons of Anarchy either spartacus) that his first draft must not have been very convincing and, once again, the plans had to be reset.
Right now, nobody knows if there is a new creative direction of the project or tomb raider 2 It will officially hit theaters sometime in 2023 or 2024. Right now, they are all unknowns, even for Alicia Vikander herself who has declared that the film is on its way but that it still “does not have the green light.” Doesn’t it remind you of Uncharted by Tom Holland?
