TOMB RAIDER being Re-booted!

[Lord]

I actualy remember the second one being better than the first film.

 

[Fallen Angel]

http://www.tracking-board.com/exclu...hardwicke-on-tomb-raider-directors-shortlist/

The rumors are swirling around town that producers of the fast-tracked Tomb Raider reboot have narrowed down their list of potential directors to three: Kathryn Bigelow, Catherine Hardwicke, and Mimi Leder.
The reboot is being produced by Warner Bros., MGM, GK Films and Eidos Interactive.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Kathryn Bigelow is the only good choice of those three.

 

[Octoberist]

I looked up Mimi Leder, and you're right..Bigalow is the only one who is qualified.

 

[Loki882]

Who's "qualified" doesn't really matter much these days. We've had quite a few outside to box directorial choices in recent years, and many of them have worked out quite well.

Oh and I liked the first film better myself (plus it introduced me to Daniel Craig).

 

[Octoberist]

The first film I remembered being boring with awful CGI. But then the second film retroactively made the first film better because it was so awful.

 

[Teelie]

I think Bigelow is a good choice too. She's a good director and if Tomb Raider needs anything (besides a good script) it's a good director.

 

[Sawyer]

Bigelow would probably be the most capable of keeping this from being total trash. Leder's found her niche in cable TV and Hardwicke just doesn't seem right for this at all.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Both Tomb Raider films sucked but man did Angelina Jolie look good in them.

 

[Rodrigo90]

For a newcomer for Lara, going young - Mimi Keene

 

[Fallen Angel]

I'll be the first to say it but Rebecca Ferguson for Lara Croft.

 

[Loki882]

Has anyone busted out Emily Blunt's name yet? Another (somewhat surprising) choice that I've heard quite a few people mention is Emma Watson.

 

[terry78]

Are we going for rebooted Lara or 1996 torpedo **** Lara?

 

[Serpico Jones]

Felicity Jones would also be a good choice but she's probably playing a similar character in Rogue One.

 

[smallville fan]

http://www.tracking-board.com/exclu...hardwicke-on-tomb-raider-directors-shortlist/

No offence but I don't trust tracking board. Are they even credible?

 

[Fallen Angel]

No offence but I don't trust tracking board. Are they even credible?

Can be hit or miss. They're not saying it's a done deal or anything. Just that WB are looking at these three female directors.

At least there's some news on the movie.

 

[Loki882]

Are we going for rebooted Lara or 1996 torpedo **** Lara?

I'm pretty sure that it'll be rebooted Lara.

 

[Silvermoth]

I hope so and I think Kathryn would be wonderful for a rebooted Lara. Positively history making! I hope emilia is still up for the lead even though she said she wasn't confident a few years back

 

[Loki882]

I hope that Terminator Genisys doesn't hurt her in that regard (she wasn't really the problem with that film and I doubt that it'll kill Jai Courtney's action movie career).

 

[Fallen Angel]

'Tomb Raider' Reboot Finds Director http://thr.cm/4WUWFK

After more than five years in development, the Tomb Raider reboot has unearthed a director.

Roar Uthaug, the director behind the Norwegian disaster drama The Wave, will direct Warner Bros.' and MGM's feature project that seeks to re-launch a franchise featuring archeologist Lara Croft.

At the same time, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, who penned the Black List script Hibernation and is co-writer on Transformers 5, is in negotiations to write the screenplay.

Croft is the star of a series of hit video games and one of the best known video game characters. She first appeared on screen portrayed by Angelina Jolie in 2001 in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, a blockbuster distributed by Paramount.
Warners has partnered with MGM to produce and release this latest incarnation. GK Films is producing the new movie, having picked up the rights from interactive entertainment company Square Enix in 2011. (The property spent a few years in development at Warner Bros. before the rights reverted to Square Enix.)

After a couple of years in development, GK partnered with MGM in 2013. Warners came on board in early 2015.
Plot details remain to be unsealed but it will detail Croft's first adventure. Evan Daugherty, Marti Noxon and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby previously worked on the script.
Overseeing for MGM is Cassidy Lange, svp production, while at Warner Bros Drew Crevello is shepherding. Denis O’Sullivan will run point for GK Films. MGM will oversee production.

Uthaug has quietly directed a range of movies in his homeland, from a horror thriller (Cold Prey) to a children’s adventure (Magic Silver) to a survival action thriller (Escape). Wave dealt with a tsunami that strikes Norway and was shortlisted to be submitted for the best foreign film category of Academy Awards.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't know that director at all, I hope he doesn't suck.

 

[Wheels]

Transformers 5 writer might be a red flag.

 

[Chesterfield]

Gemma Arterton or Margate Robbie for Lara.

 

[Loki882]

^You mean Margot Robbie? And I think that, of the two, Gemma would be better fit.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

If they aren't going for a 21 year old Lara Gemma would be awesome.