The first trailer for the new Tomb Raider movie is here, and it’s very, very Tomb Raider-y. Starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, the film is loosely based on the 2013 reboot of the video game series.
Honestly? It looks pretty decent so far. I mean, it’s always hard to tell from a trailer, but the tone is clearly much more grounded than the previous film franchise based on the game series. I think the best attitude to take right now is “cautious optimism,” and I guess we’ll see what happens.
We finally have our first look at Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in the 2018 Tomb Raider film. Photos from the set hit twitter yesterday, and (frankly) Vikander looks spot on. Frankly, it looks like a near perfect cosplay of the character from the 2013 installment of the video game franchise.
Vikander was cast back in spring of 2016, and while she’s the second non-British actress to play the very British Croft, we can’t argue that she doesn’t at least look the part.
Tomb Raider is currently scheduled for a March 16, 2018 release.
Who will take over the role of Lara Croft in the forthcoming Tomb Raider film reboot has been the subject of debate recently. And while Star Wars star Daisy Ridley’s name has come up quite a few times in speculative discussions, it seems like the studio has chosen to fill the role with someone who’s probably less busy shooting films for the biggest science fiction franchise in the world.
THR is reporting that Academy Award Winner Alicia Vikander has been cast in the role. Vikander is best known for her work in The Danish Girl (for which she won said Oscar), Ex Machina, and the highly underrated remake of The Man from UNCLE.
Vikander (who is Swedish) takes over the role from (the very American) Angelina Jolie, who played the role twice in two films of varying quality over a decade ago. Why the studios don’t seem to want to cast a British woman in a fundamentally British part is mildly confusing, but Vikander is a solid actress who I expect will still do Ms. Croft justice.
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