
Archive
New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Simon Brew
The Tomb Raider franchise takes its place in the reboot queue, and the search for a new Lara Croft begins…
Published on Jun 2, 2009
It’s been confirmed that a third Tomb Raider movie is now in the works, despite the commercial and critical shambles that was The Cradle Of Life, and it’s also been confirmed that its producers are looking for a brand new Lara Croft.
Angelina Jolie, of course, stepped into the clobber for the first two films, both of which in this writer’s view were class A stinkers. Given the scope for a potentially strong action adventure movie, there was nothing in the films we’ve seen so far that comes close enough to that. And arguably the best thing about them was Jolie, who made a fine Lara Croft.
But Hollywood is a cruel place. And while we suspect that Angelina Jolie hardly has a yearning to play the role again, the simple truth is that she’s not going to get a chance. The reason? Bizarelly, she’s too old. This is the same Angelina Jolie who, last time we checked (which was around five minutes ago), was 33 (34 on Thursday, if you want to be picky).
Producer Dan Lin has confirmed that they’ll be looking to cover the origin story of Lara Croft (sigh: can you spot the current reboot trend right there?), and that’s inevitably led to casting speculation. Megan Fox was linked with the role at one point, and she’s certainly got the kind of profile you’d imagine Lin and his team are looking for. But there’s also the possibility that they may look for a relative unknown this time round, and spend the few quid they save on a bit more marketing.
Either way, the project does seem to be slowly moving at last, although it’s nonetheless hard to get too excited about it right now.
Users Comments
Re: New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Posted By kivel 1 June 2, 2009 09:00:05 PM
Re: New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Posted By kivel 1 June 2, 2009 09:00:10 PM
Re: New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Posted By geekygirlUK 1 June 3, 2009 05:08:28 PM
Re: New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Posted By matimage 1 June 3, 2009 05:45:47 PM
Re: New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Posted By geekygirlUK 1 June 3, 2009 08:32:51 PM
Re: New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Posted By matimage 1 June 4, 2009 04:36:17 PM
Re: New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Posted By Tryton1548 1 June 11, 2009 09:45:34 PM
Re: New Tomb Raider coming: but Angelina Jolie too old for Lara Croft!
Posted By lou3style 1 July 9, 2009 10:37:58 AM
Post a Comment
Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft
Related Articles
- Is Howard The Duck really rubbish?
- Avatar: first TV commercial
- The Men Who Stare At Goats: Jon Ronson interview
- The James Clayton Column: The spirit of Spanish Dracula
- Kick-Ass: first posters and early word
- Salt trailer
- Geek shows and movies on UK TV in the coming week
- Jennifer’s Body review
- Why the Terminator franchise is effectively doomed
SEARCH


Compare over 100 mobile broadband & broadband deals online!
Compare over 250 mobile phones &
52,000 deals!

