news culture Because of this, the Tomb Raider 2 movie starring Alicia Vikander will NEVER see the light of day
Lara Croft, a veteran video game archaeologist, has had rights to numerous film adaptations, but will not direct a second film with Alicia Vikander.
“Everything fell apart”explains the director Ben Wheatleywho would direct the sequel Tomb Raider with Alicia Vikander (The Green Knight). In the magazine total movieas reported player radar, who is also at the controls of Meg 2, explains: “Basically, they were occupied by the COVID-19. We were about to shoot the film and then everything fell apart. But Meg 2 ended up on my desk and I worked on it.” As a reminder, this film had to be directed Lara Croft
Still, this sequel had big ambitions. Already in 2015 Adrian AskariehProducer of the Hitman films, aimed to create a shared universe between them just cause, hit man, deus ex etc Thief etc Tomb Raider. The man explained in an interview that he did not have the rights of Lara Croft IGN. The theme was revived with the release of Tomb Raider 2018 by Roar Uthaug (“The Wave”), but the coronavirus crisis saw the production go back and forth between directors and screenwriters, slowing things down. In 2022, despite the relative progress of the project, everything was canceled. The company Metro Goldwyn Mayer lost the rights to the license and Alicia Vikander had to go as well. Subsequently, Embracer Group took over the franchise and Amazon was given permission to create a new adaptation.
New projects for Amazon
Amazon has announced that it wants to create a series about the famous adventurer. The media meeting also addressed rumors that an entire universe with a movie and a new video game is in development. “There’s room for something really, really dangerous. And if I can do something dangerous and exciting with Tomb Raider, I already have an audience that loves Lara and hopefully will continue to love her.‘ said project leader Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Indiana Jones 5).
