Tag: tomb raider

  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge to Helm an Amazon Tomb Raider TV Series

    Phoebe Waller-Bridge to Helm an Amazon Tomb Raider TV Series

    Many modern-day filmmakers and creatives can be characterized as franchise destroyers, creative cancer, or utter frauds, such as anyone out of Bad Reboot. However, few individuals are more deserving of these titles than Phoebe Waller-Bridge, destroyer of James Bond and the soon-to-be destroyer of Indiana Jones and Doctor Who. Now, she has turned her fearsome gaze upon Tomb Raider. This…

  • Square Enix Sells Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal to Embracer

    Square Enix Sells Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal to Embracer

    On May 1st, Square Enix agreed to sell three of its Western studios and the IP attached to them to Embracer Group. While the transaction isn’t final yet, Embracer is set to pay $300 million for the acquisition of Eidos Montreal, Square Enix Montreal, and Crystal Dynamics from Square Enix Inc. Embracer is a large…

  • Ben Wheatley to Direct Tomb Raider Sequel

    Ben Wheatley to Direct Tomb Raider Sequel

    Lara Croft’s return finally has a release date. Deadline reports that the sequel to the 2018 film Tomb Raider – the status of which had been in doubt until Amy Jump’s hiring as screenwriter in April – now has a director in Ben Wheatley, as well as a March 19, 2021 release date. Alicia Vikander…

  • Amy Jump to Pen Tomb Raider Sequel

    Amy Jump to Pen Tomb Raider Sequel

    Lara Croft isn’t done on the big screen. Deadline reports that Free Fire’s Amy Jump has been hired to write a sequel to the underrated 2018 video game adaption Tomb Raider starring Alicia Vikander. I’m excited about this news for many reasons. First, you have Vikander, who had flirted with being a part of a…

  • Girls in Games

    Girls in Games

    “Gaming is dominated by men.” If you’re a gamer and have been around for any real amount of time, then you’ve probably heard, or read, this phrase at some point. Speaking strictly by raw numbers, the majority of the gaming community is, in fact, men. Obviously, this isn’t to say that there are barely any…

  • REVIEW: Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    REVIEW: Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    I want to preface this review by admitting that I’ve been an avid fan of the Tomb Raider franchise practically since its inception in 1996. From the very outset, developer Eidos’ introduction of Lara Croft’s world-traversing treasure hunting escapades has received critical acclaim and was arguably the proverbial spark that lit the action-adventure genre which…