Tomb Raider: Anniversary
"Tomb Raider" is the first game in the titular franchise, and introduced the series' gameplay standards and its protagonist Lara Croft. Developed by British studio Core Design, "Tomb Raider" was a commercial and critical success, and was followed by five successive games between 1996 and 2000. Their sixth "Tomb Raider" game "" was beset by developmental problems and rushed to release, resulting in low sales and mixed critical reception. The game's failure and Core Design's fatigue with the series prompted franchise publisher Eidos Interactive to move development of "Tomb Raider" to the American studio Crystal Dynamics, who rebooted the franchise with "". "Legend" released in 2006 to critical and commercial success.
List of Tomb Raider media
A short film called "Tomb Raider: The Trilogy" was produced in 1998 by Silver Films for the "Tomb Raider III" launch party, the film was not screened outside the event at the Natural History Museum in London. Producer Janey de Nordwall, who recently found the original digibeta tape, released the short film on the "Tomb Raider" YouTube page in 2016. Lara Croft makes a minor appearance in the 2018 film "Ready Player One".
Rumours of a third film adaptation appeared in 2007, and it was announced in 2009. The film rights were acquired by GK Films in 2011, and in 2015 it was confirmed that a director was attached to the project, and that it would be developed by GK Films, Warner Bros. and MGM. The film is a reboot, showing Lara's first adventure and is based on the 2013 video game with Lara searching for her father. On 28 April 2016, it was announced by Variety that Alicia Vikander had been cast as Lara Croft in the reboot. On 7 December 2016, Variety reported that Walton Goggins had been cast as the film's villain. He told Collider that his character is confused, angry, and desperate. He later called the plot ""Raiders of the Lost Ark" meets a genre version of the Joseph Conrad novel """. On 11 January 2017, Variety reports that Daniel Wu is cast as Lu Ren, a ship captain who will join forces with the adventurous Lara Croft on her quest to find her father. The film was scheduled to start filming in January 2017, with a release date of 16 March 2018. Filming began on 23 January 2017.
Adrian Askarieh told IGN in an interview that he may oversee a film universe with "Just Cause", "", "Tomb Raider", "Deus Ex" and "Thief".