In a fascinating turn of events, Deadline has revealed that MGM and WB. are working on a sequel to last year's reboot of the
Tomb Raider movie series. Considering that the first movie grossed $274 million worldwide ($58 million in the US) on a budget of $94 million, that’s an interesting development.
According to Deadline, Alicia Vikander (
Ex Machina) will reprise her role of Lara Croft, with Graham King’s GK Films (
Bohemian Rhapsody) and Elizabeth Cantillon (
The Girl in the Spider's Web) set to produce the upcoming picture. While Vikander is expected to return in the sequel, Geneva Robertson-Dworet (
Captain Marvel) and Alastair Siddons (
Trespass Against Us) are not, as MGM and WB. have decided to hire a new writer to pen
Tomb Raider 2's script - Amy Jump (
A Field in England, Free Fire).
As revealed by the entertainment news magazine, Vikander was a big fan of Jump’s scripting. Although the producers’ willingness to broaden the pool of female action writers is definitely a good news, the fact that Robertson-Dworet won't be working on the sequel is quite odd, as her latest movie, the Marvel Studios-produced
Captain Marvel, has managed to surpass $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide.
At the time of writing, MGM and WB. had not announced any plans to make a sequel to
Tomb Raider.
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Tomb Raider is the story that will set a young and resolute Lara Croft on a path toward becoming a global hero.
Tomb Raider was released in the United States on March 16, 2018.