Tomb Raider movie sequel is reportedly dead – and a complete reboot is planned
Th꧋e cancelation has launched a bidding war between studios

The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Tomb Raider movie sequel, starring Alicia Vikander as video game icon Lara Croft, is no more. Plans for a follow-up to the 2018 reboot – set🌸 to be directed by Lovecraft Country’s Misha❀ Green after 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Free Fire's Ben Wheatley left the position – were not greenlit by MGM before its May deadline. According to , that means the studio has now lost the movie rights to Tomb Raider – with Alicia Vikander also depart💜ing the property.
A "complete reboot" is now reportedly 🌠planned, with multiple movie studios set to engage in a frenzied bidding war for the p🌱opular franchise.
Tomb Raider began life on PlayStation in 1996, spawning multiple sequels and spinoffs, before first being adapted for the big screen in a 2001 actioner starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. A 2003 sequel, The Cradle of Life, was also released to a mi🧔xed reception🅺.
No director, writers, or actors have been attached to any potential reboot. Whoever wins the rights to Tomb Raider, though, will be buoyed by the recent success of video game adaptations: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Uncharted (starring Tom Holland) and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 both grossed over $400m at the worldwide box office. A separate Tomb Raider animated Netflix series, starring Hayley Atwell, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:is still in the works.
Tomb Raider’s video game future is also in similarly uncharted, if promising, territory. Embracer Group 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:has recently purchas𝓡ed the Tomb Raider IP, among other🌳s, in a $300m deal ಌthat also sees developers Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montreal joining the company.
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