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[bitbydeath]

Good News Everyone.

MGM had till May of this year to greenlight a “Tomb Raider” sequel, and the window passed. A host of Hollywood movie studios are in the mix and put in bids, according to multiple insiders with knowledge of the project.

Alicia Vikander, who starred as Lara Croft in 2018’s “Tomb Raider” is no longer attached to the project. Insiders add it’s a complete reboot and there are no casting or director commitments. Rights reverted to the game company, then the game company and Graham King’s GK Films made a deal to rep the IP.

'Tomb Raider' Bidding War Erupts as MGM Loses Movie Rights (Exclusive)

MGM has lost the film rights to "Tomb Raider," based on the popular video game, sparking a bidding war for the IP.

www.thewrap.com

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Executive Producer Michael Bay presents

A Uwe Boll film

 

[Magic Carpet]

Time to get the PIxar Studio and animate the new Lara!

 

[Javthusiast]

Hot Lara about to be back.

Spoiler

It's Hollywood, you will get same lame ass reboot Lara storyline and characterization.

 

[EDMIX]

Time to get the PIxar Studio and animate the new Lara!

Triangle boobs or we riot

 

[BadBurger]

Probably for the best. As mentioned in the article they had Misha Green attached to direct the now cancelled sequel. Nothing she has worked on has been good, including the one season then cancelled Lovecraft Country. I liked the book well enough, but the show was boring and silly after the first few episodes. No idea why that show got glowing reviews from critics. Vikander was OK I guess but didn't bring any kind of charisma or charm to the role.

I'd like to see a flashy director(s) take it on, like the Russo brothers. Give it some character without camp.

 

[March Climber]

Alicia Vikander, who starred as Lara Croft in 2018’s “Tomb Raider” is no longer attached to the project.

I didn't even know this was happening in the first place. Did anyone even want a sequel to that movie? It was so boring it was more forgettable than Fassbender's Assassin's Creed movie.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Get Disney on it, it’s about time Latinx non-binary fans had a Tomb Raider that looks like them.

 

[bitbydeath]

Should get Sony and Karen Gillan back together.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

thats 300 million buy looks even better.

 

[balls of snow]

Ana de armas. Fuck british and make Lara spanish with flair.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Should get Sony and Karen Gillan back together.

She’s insufferable

 

[Javthusiast]

 

[Kuranghi]

Ana de armas. Fuck british and make Lara spanish with flair.

Agreed, she makes me feel funny in my special area. My brain I mean.

 

[bitbydeath]

She’s insufferable

There may be better out there but at least she’s likeable.

 

[Lognor]

Why is this good news? I thought the actress that played Lara croft was fine. The movie was certainly better than the Angelina Jolie films.

I don't know that there is a market for another tomb raiser film anyway. Tomb raider has lost a ton of relevance, even though the last game wasn't too long ago.

 

[Trunx81]

Make a Netflix movie and Lara black. And a lesbian. Easy money nowadays!

 

[Belthazar]

So... Embracer hit the jackpot with the deal then? They'll be the one getting paid whenever a new deal is made?

 

[bitbydeath]

Why is this good news? I thought the actress that played Lara croft was fine. The movie was certainly better than the Angelina Jolie films.

I don't know that there is a market for another tomb raiser film anyway. Tomb raider has lost a ton of relevance, even though the last game wasn't too long ago.

She didn’t look or act like her, just a random brunette with a bow.

 

[bitbydeath]

Make a Netflix movie and Lara black. And a lesbian. Easy money nowadays!

HBO would be better for that since Netflix recently gave the woke the middle finger.

Netflix tells "woke" employees to resign if offended in surreal 'culture memo'

As we go through the middle of a war against comedy, Netflix decided to take a stand against cancel culture and all their "woke" employees. After all the mess that Dave...

amp.marca.com

 

[Lognor]

She didn’t look or act like her, just a random brunette with a bow.

Well wasn't it an origin film? I wouldn't expect her to be the badass she is in the games in an origin film. It was a pretty forgettable film but maybe it was more in line with the most recent TR games that were prequels, I guess.

Well it's a moot point. She's gone.

 

[March Climber]

Why is this good news? I thought the actress that played Lara croft was fine. The movie was certainly better than the Angelina Jolie films.

I'd argue differently. The latest Tomb Raider movie is a perfect example as to why it's extremely boring to just follow a video game script too closely. Also following the latest trilogy game so closely made me realize just how wooden and lacking new Lara's personality truly is. Angelina Jolie at least managed to bring some fun and personality into a video game character who showed very little of both.

I don't know that there is a market for another tomb raiser film anyway. Tomb raider has lost a ton of relevance, even though the last game wasn't too long ago.

I agree. We will need another video game reboot before then so that we can move on from the Lara of the past decade.

 

[Deerock71]

Executive Producer Michael Bay presents

A Uwe Boll film

With Milla Jovovich as Lara Croft.

 

[Barakov]

With Milla Jovovich as Lara Croft.

 

[BLAUcopter]

She didn’t look or act like her, just a random brunette with a bow.

Still though...... wood

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

With Milla Jovovich as Lara Croft.

Isn’t she like 50

 

[LordOfChaos]

Damn male genital mutilation had the movie rights? The concept?

 

[Deerock71]

Isn’t she like 50

Yes, but she's in all the video game movies (and she still looks great).

 

[Fess]

I didn't even know this was happening in the first place. Did anyone even want a sequel to that movie? It was so boring it was more forgettable than Fassbender's Assassin's Creed movie.

I… liked both those movies.
But Alicia Vikander was not a good Lara Croft.

Not idea who I would’ve chosen for a new Lara Croft. Should be British, or able to speak British english very well, have a feisty attitude, fit body with curves, or not against padding the bra (Angelina Jolie did this).
Is there anyone?

 

[Jaybe]

Netflix going to gobble up the rights and make it a high school drama “if you love history class so much Lara, why don’t you go raid tombs” *mean girl snickers*

 

[TransTrender]

I thought MGM was bought buy Amazon, so why wouldn't they make an effort to hold on to the IP? Like even a shit production to meet the bare minimum requirements and quietly release it on Prime Video?

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

I hope Netflix grabs the rights just for the lols.

 

[skit_data]

I’m totally out of the loop when it comes to celebrity gossip, Vikander is one of swedens biggest actresses and I just now realized shes married to Fassbender and they just had their first child last year. Oh and I haven’t seen the movie.

 

[lh032]

I hope pornhub obtained the rights.

 

[nightmare-slain]

boooo! i actually liked alicia as lara. i hope whoever gets the rights hires her again but doubt it.

 

[newtypepilot]

vikander is good but she's miscast as Lara.

 

[Fess]

I’m totally out of the loop when it comes to celebrity gossip, Vikander is one of swedens biggest actresses and I just now realized shes married to Fassbender and they just had their first child last year. Oh and I haven’t seen the movie.

Well that’s news to me lol

See the movie though, it’s quite enjoyable. The casting isn’t as good as the old movies but they at least did a better job at giving her a sassy attitude than either of the reboot games. Rewatched it awhile ago. 6/10

 

[Konnor]

Seriously? Bidding war for fucking Tomb Raider? The last ones were boring as fuck and the Angelina Jolie ones were so bad it's decent kind of movies. But yeah, I too hope it's Netflix, it's gonna be hilarious.

 

[solidus12]

Bring back the BUSTY Lara with the 32F cup size please

 

[March Climber]

Not idea who I would’ve chosen for a new Lara Croft. Should be British, or able to speak British english very well, have a feisty attitude, fit body with curves, or not against padding the bra (Angelina Jolie did this).
Is there anyone?

Out of all the things you've listed, what matters the most out of your list is what I've highlighted. If we focus too much on the other things you're bringing up, we will end up with another very attractive person who is also wooden/terrible at acting and we will be back at square one but just in a different way.

I've always felt that a Lara Croft movie series should be as expansive and have as many entries as 007 or Mission Impossible, but the ball keeps being dropped on all ends and it's sad to see. They could have kept trying to do it with Jolie's series, but too many video game fans complained. Now you get exactly what you wanted with this latest movie, but then barely anyone cared.

Literally just make a movie like MI or 007, put in Lara Croft, and then put in the correct set pieces, stunts, and plotlines to revolve around hidden treasures. It's so simple yet no one can figure it out. How in the world did live action Dora and the Lost City of Gold figure this out first and become so good and successful? It's shameful.

 

[Elysion]

It was so boring it was more forgettable than Fassbender's Assassin's Creed movie.

There is an Assassins Creed movie? *opens Google* And it‘s from all the way back in 2016?! I‘ve never even heard of this. Makes me wonder if there are any other videogame movies I‘ve never heard about.

 

[TheGecko]

I’m glad that giraffe neck Vikander ain’t no longer involved.

 

[Banjo64]

Yeah something stank about the supposed sequel to the reboot. No way does a film come out in 2018 with a relatively small budget cast but the sequel doesn’t even begin filming within the next 4 years.

 

[hemo memo]

Make a Netflix movie and Lara black. And a lesbian. Easy money nowadays!

And cast Elliot Page as Richard Croft

 

[NeonGhost]

I’m glad that giraffe neck Vikander ain’t no longer involved.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Good News Everyone.

'Tomb Raider' Bidding War Erupts as MGM Loses Movie Rights (Exclusive)

MGM has lost the film rights to "Tomb Raider," based on the popular video game, sparking a bidding war for the IP.

www.thewrap.com

Stop rebooting things!!!!

 

[Deerock71]

I'm sure if he was standing face to face with her, he'd be DYING to uncork 'giraffe neck' on her.

 

[Fess]

Out of all the things you've listed, what matters the most out of your list is what I've highlighted. If we focus too much on the other things you're bringing up, we will end up with another very attractive person who is also wooden/terrible at acting and we will be back at square one but just in a different way.

I've always felt that a Lara Croft movie series should be as expansive and have as many entries as 007 or Mission Impossible, but the ball keeps being dropped on all ends and it's sad to see. They could have kept trying to do it with Jolie's series, but too many video game fans complained. Now you get exactly what you wanted with this latest movie, but then barely anyone cared.

Literally just make a movie like MI or 007, put in Lara Croft, and then put in the correct set pieces, stunts, and plotlines to revolve around hidden treasures. It's so simple yet no one can figure it out. How in the world did live action Dora and the Lost City of Gold figure this out first and become so good and successful? It's shameful.

Another attractive actress who can’t act? Square one? I don’t follow you, we’ve never been at square one for Tomb Raider movies. Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander are both attractive and great actresses, but they can still get a script that aren’t highlighting their qualities or doing what’s right for the IP. Angelina Jolie was a perfect fit though, she had the looks, attitude, acting. In what way were gamers complaining on her movies that the result was the latest Tomb Raider? I don’t follow you there. What were the complaints?

 

[NahaNago]

I don't really have much faith that a good tomb raider movie will happen again. The Vikander tomb raider movie was pretty meh.

 

[Teslerum]

Angelina Jolie at least managed to bring some fun and personality into a video game character who showed very little of both.

Not sure why people always forget how classic some of her quips were.
Hold her own in terms of badass with any given male hero quite well.