Yesterday, Warner Bros. unveiled the first two official photos ofAlicia Vikanderas Lara Croft in the studio’s highly-anticipatedTomb Raiderreboot, which is currently filming in South Africa. Today, Warner Bros. has revealed yet another official photo, which shows Lara Croft brandishing a climbing ax, emerging from a thick cloud of dust. Unfortunately, we don’t have any other details about what’s happening in this scene. But the studio did reveal the official synopsis.
Lara Croftis the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death.
Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who, against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit, must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raider.Production beganonTomb Raiderback in January.
FromWarner Bros. Picturesand Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures,Tomb Raideris the story that will set a young and resolute Lara Croft on a path toward becoming a global hero. The film stars Oscar winnerAlicia Vikander(Ex Machina,The Danish Girl) in the lead role, under the direction ofRoar Uthaug(The Wave), with Oscar-winnerGraham King(The Departed) producing under his GK Films banner. The film’s production begins on the heels of the 20th anniversary of the wildly popular videogame franchise from Square Enix, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal.Dominic West(Money Monster,300),Walton Goggins(The Hateful Eight,Django Unchained) andDaniel Wu(AMC’sInto the Badlands).
Shooting on location in South Africa and the UK,Roar Uthaugdirects from a script byGeneva Robertson-Dworet. The director’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photographyGeorge Richmond(Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation); production designerGary Freeman(Maleficent); Oscar-nominated editorStuart Baird(Skyfall,Gorillas in the Mist); and costume designerTim Wonsik(key costumer,Guardians of the Galaxy,Captain America: The Winter Soldier).Tomb Raiderwill be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by MGM. Take a look at this new photo fromTomb Raiderbelow, featuringAlicia Vikadneras Lara Croft.
