New Lara Croft Gets Director
Back in September, we reported that Catherine Bigelow, Catherine Hardwicke, and Mimi Leder were the top contenders for the director's chair for the revamped Lara Croft . However, Warner Bros. and MGM studios still chose another filmmaker - Norwegian Roar Uthaug . The reboot also has a new screenwriter in the person of Geneva Robertson. Writes about this The Hollywood Reporter .The details of the project are still kept secret. It is only known that the plot of the film will revolve around a very young Lara Croft and her first adventure. Hawke Ostby, Mark Fergus, Evan Dougherty and Marty Noxon have previously worked on the script for the film. Angelina Jolie starred in the first film adaptation of the popular video game, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, released in 2001. The tape managed to earn at home rental $ 131.1 million . But her sequel was no longer so successful - only $ 65.6 million in American theaters.  According to insiders, the reboot of Lara Croft is a priority project for the studios, but the start date of filming has not yet been determined, as well as the date of the film's premiere. The first video game was released in 1996, and the series received a reboot in 2013. It is possible that the planned film will be based on the last part of the computer franchise, which tells about the origin of Lara Croft .  Among the last works of Roar Uthaug is the drama "Wave", sent from Norway in pursuit of the "Oscar" . Among other films of the director one can find the films "Escape" and "Lost". The Topic of Article: New Lara Croft Gets Director. |
