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Post by Ragingblues on Jan 28, 2009 7:50:25 GMT -5
Warner Bros. Rebooting Tomb Raider www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=52365Warners Bros. Pictures and producer Dan Lin (upcoming Sherlock Holmes) are in early development on a reboot of "Tomb Raider," the popular video game action franchise featuring Lara Croft.
Paramount previously made the two movies based on the game, but the rights have since reverted to Eidos. When Time Warner upped its stake to 19.92% in Eidos in December, films rights to the property were included as part of the deal.
Lin will produce the project via his Lin Pictures while Stephen Gilchrist will co-produce; Ian Livingstone of Eidos will executive produce.
The new project, however, is expected to revamp the character and her mission and bear little resemblance to the original pictures. It will reimagine the origins of the character, her love interest and the main villain.
As an open-writing assignment, the project is still in its nascent stages. An actress who could play the role Angelina Jolie made famous would likely come on after a writer and director are attached.Ken
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Post by Havana on Jan 28, 2009 8:43:17 GMT -5
Tomb Raider could have been an A list franchise but Hollywood dropped the ball not once but twice. I would love to see this become a successful series based more on the game rather than just being a star vehicle for Angelina Jolie. The movie going public is very unforgiving. Once you've tarnished the brand name with a couple of stinkers, it's hard to get anyone to care after that. They sure pulled it off with Batman. That series went from being a joke to super popular, critically acclaimed, high quality entertainment. I hope Warners follows that model and invests in the Tomb Raider franchise by hiring top notch talent, director and writer.
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