

Sure enough, the action movie opened at number one in China, the world’s second-biggest market. “We looked at the property as an international piece driving the business,” he said. “And that’s essentially what happened.” distribution chief Jeff Goldstein admitted that “Tomb Raider” was targeted from the start to appeal to foreign audiences, especially in China. It may barely squeak into the black via robust returns in overseas markets. Or, you could dive into the Tomb Raider cookbook and whip yourself up a batch of Lara's favourite beans on toast to fuel you while we wait for more news on the future of the films and games.For the last five weeks, new movies have seen their opening box office slashed by “Black Panther.” And one casualty - on the domestic side at least - was franchise reboot “ Tomb Raider.” When the videogame franchise opened to $23 million in North America last weekend, “Tomb Raider” was written off as a box office disappointment.
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This series will focus on the events that follow after the reboot's conclusion in 2018's Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Meanwhile, Embracer has said its sees "great potential" in its newly aquired IP, and has hinted that some remakes of older games in the series may well come our way in the future.īut while all this goes on in the background, fellow fans of Lara's also have an animated Tomb Raider series coming to Netflix to look forward to. Incredible art by my lovely 💖 /1SOFnB4T8P- Belinda Garcia JTo see this content please enable targeting cookies.

Here’s my sweet girls Polina and Annika welcoming Lara into their best friend club 🥲💕 Today is my first day as a Game Writer/Narrative Designer at working on the future of ✨ More recently, former Call of Duty developer Belinda Garcia has joined the Tomb Raider team as a game writer/narrative designer. Little else is known about this future installment, however we do know that Days Gone director Jeff Ross has joined the studio as a design director (so, Lara on a motorbike if you please good sir). This will be the first outing for Lara since the developer was brought by Embracer as part of a huge deal with Square Enix. " been ready," she stated.Įlsewhere in the tomb-riddled world of Lara Croft, earlier this year Crystal Dynamics announced that its next game in the series is being made in Unreal Engine 5. However, at this point, Vikander still appeared to be set to portray Lara Croft once again, with the actress discussing then director Misha Green's readiness for the film. "It's kind of in somebody else's hands, to be honest," she shared. Instead, any future Tomb Raider films will be a "complete reboot", and, as it currently stands, there are "no casting or director commitments" attached.Įarlier this month, Vikander spoke about her return to the role, admitting that "politics" were standing in the way of any development on the sequel. Watch on YouTube Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft.Īs a result, a "host of Hollywood movie studios" are currently making bids on the rights to the film, with insiders revealing that this has resulted in Alicia Vikander being removed from the project.
