The hit movie "Tomb Raider" in 2001 that starred Angelina Jolie, as Lara Croft, is officially having a reboot. Production is ongoing based on the photo teaser that Director Roar Uthaugh uploaded on Instagram on Jan. 23.
"The Wave" director teased a lot of fans when he posted on Instagram a marker with the movie title in it. He captioned it with "And we're off! #tombraider." Lots of Instagram users liked it and even commented with sentiments saying his production doesn't mess it up.
Meanwhile, the website ComingSoon.net revealed the cast of this action movie beginning with Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft. She is an Academy Award-winning actress after doing the movie, "The Danish Girl." She will work alongside Walton Goggins from "Justified" and "The Hateful Eight," who is also set to be the story's main villain. Daniel Wu of "Into the Badlands" is also starring in this movie, playing the role of a ship captain, who is bound to help Lara Croft locating her dad.
A photo posted by Roar Uthaug (@roaruthaug) on Jan 23, 2017 at 8:26am PST
WWG also published a report about the ongoing production of "Tomb Raider," revealing not just the movie's director but also its screenplay writer, Geneva Robertson-Dworet. She is also co-writing the movie "Transformers: The Last Knight" along with Ken Nolan.
For those who don't know, "Tomb Raider" actually originated from a video game that was released in 1996 under a London-based company, Eidos. The video game series became even more popular after the release of its sequel back in 2013. It was so famous that more than 5 million copies of the game were sold.
Gamers are a bit anxious about it becoming a movie franchise but so far, the version where Angelina Jolie starred was embraced well by fans of the game. The reboot of the movie is scheduled to hit the silver screen on March 16, 2018.
