In January, Warner Bros and producer Dan Lin announced plans to relaunch the Tomb Raider series.
Lin has now elaborated on the proposed reboot. He told About.com: "It's a great origin story that we're going to tell. A very character-oriented, I would say more realistic, [film] than the past Lara Croft movies.
"It is an origin story so it is a younger Lara Croft. I would say it's like Terminator - character-driven action. I think for me the Lara Croft games and movies have gone a little too action-oriented. I wanted to have action, but with character. You want to honor the existing mythology but at the same time bring in new fans."
As it's a reboot that automatically means no Angelina Jolie, who played Croft in the previous two movies. Earlier speculation that Megan Fox would be the new star was dismissed and Lin says there has not yet...
Lin has now elaborated on the proposed reboot. He told About.com: "It's a great origin story that we're going to tell. A very character-oriented, I would say more realistic, [film] than the past Lara Croft movies.
"It is an origin story so it is a younger Lara Croft. I would say it's like Terminator - character-driven action. I think for me the Lara Croft games and movies have gone a little too action-oriented. I wanted to have action, but with character. You want to honor the existing mythology but at the same time bring in new fans."
As it's a reboot that automatically means no Angelina Jolie, who played Croft in the previous two movies. Earlier speculation that Megan Fox would be the new star was dismissed and Lin says there has not yet...
- 5/22/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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