While we'll have to wait a little while longer before we get any word on whether Roar Uthaug's Tomb Raider finally breaks the "video game movie curse," the recent social media reactions from fans have been mostly positive, which should bode well for the film's box office potential next weekend.
Ahead of the reboot's launch, Entertainment Weekly has shared a new behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the making of the film as we see Academy Award-winner Alicia Vikander take on her most physically and emotionally demanding role yet.
Check out the latest featurette below:
Plus, check out the new IMAX poster below:
Lara Croft is 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.
Tomb Raider features:
Director: Roar Uthaug
Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft
Dominic West as Lord Richard Croft
Walton Goggins as Mathias Vogel
Daniel Wu as Lu Ren
Kristin Scott Thomas as Ana Miller
Derek Jacobi as Mr. Yaffe
Alexandrew Willaume as Lieutenant
Hannah John-Kamen as Sophie
Tomb Raider rappels into theaters March 16