The film gives the Lara Croft character a cinematic origin story of sorts, to go along with the origin story that the 2013 Tomb Raider video game reboot provided for her.
Both of the Angelina Jolie-headlined Tomb Raider movies released in the 2000s (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, respectively) passed $150 million at the worldwide box office.
Globe-trotting archaeologist and adventurer Lara Croft is getting a second shot at life on the big screen, following the successful reboot/revival of the Tomb Raider video game franchise a few years ago.
Warner Bros. Pictures is backing the new Tomb Raider live-action film and has assembled an impressive cast for the video game adaptation; one led by Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) as Lara Croft and Walton Goggins (Vice Principals) as the film’s mystery villain.