Third Tomb Raider film?

By Tom Bramwell Published 16 August, 2006

Eidos in talks with Paramount.

Eidos' Ian Livingstone has revealed that the company is in talks with Paramount about a third Tomb Raider film. Before you get too excited though, beware that it's very much in the planning stages.

"Nothing's been signed yet and we still need to hire a script writer," said Livingstone in an interview published on Eurogamer today.

"The film's not been green lit yet, so for me it'd be ideal to tie in a movie script with a game script at the same time, to have them both in harmony rather than out of kilter - which has happened in the past."

Speaking of the past, this isn't the first we've heard of a third silver-screen outing for Lara - in the past, actress Angelina Jolie is said to have expressed an interest in reprising the role, while Chris Barrie, who also appeared in films 1 and 2, told a UK newspaper that a third film was "on the slate" in an interview last year.

Eidos feels that Lara Croft has been fully rejuvenated by the success of Tomb Raider: Legend, handled by Crystal Dynamics rather than UK-based Core Design, who Livingstone confesses were a bit worn out by the experience of making six Tomb Raider games in a row.

The development veteran was speaking prior to next week's Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival address, where his main focus will be a screening called The Legend of Lara Croft - a "complete history" of Lara, "from the very early designs right through to Tomb Raider: Legend, and a little glimpse of what's happening in the future".

For more on that and Lara's fortunes in general, check out part two of our Livingstone interview, following on from yesterday's part one which focused on the battle of the next-gen consoles.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (13) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • myiagros #1 6 years ago

    i'll be honest and say i didn't actually mind the tomb raider films. Yes they were a bit crap and not particulaly faithful to the games, but they were at least watchable unlike most game based films.

  • Aretak #2 6 years ago

    The two Tomb Raider films are somewhat of a guilty pleasure.

  • zozart #3 6 years ago

    Ah, Chris Barrie, what a legend.

  • Dizzy #4 6 years ago

    Please no....

    The previous movies were utter rubbish.

  • Darkedge #5 6 years ago

    the first two films are a laugh - though the second was a tad silly at the end

  • smelly #6 6 years ago

    Here's hoping they invest in a plot this time.

  • El_MUERkO #7 6 years ago

    Jolie said she didnt want to do another so you need an equally hot, equally buxom lead ... oh to be the casting director :D

  • Sko #8 6 years ago

    Didn't mind the first one but the second was pants. Felt it was suffering from the same mediocrity that had infected the games.

  • dbeamish #9 6 years ago

    @ Darkedge - the first two films are a laugh - though the second was a tad silly at the end

    Yeah I'm with you there. As long as they don't ask the current Lara model to play the part and stick with AJ or someone else half decent I don't mind. The current Lara model can barely string a sentence together.

  • kangarootoo #10 6 years ago

    I read an interview with the Core guys a while back, in Edge perhaps, I don't recall.

    I really felt sorry for them having to work on TR game after TR game. At the end of one game a sequel brings mixed feelings. On the one hand you can fix and improve the stuff you didn't have time to sort in the original, but on the other hand you would prefer something fresh.

    Having to work on six games in a row in the same series will have some advantages, but by God it must tire you out too. If only because each game is essentially in the same genre, so its not like you can even stretch out the way you might if you first worked on a driving game and then followed it with an FPS.

    Still not seen the second film. I wonder if NTL have it in their list...

  • Why_Wii #11 6 years ago

    wait didnt they already chose another tomb raider.. i belive EG had an article about it...

  • Darren #12 6 years ago

    I enjoyed the two Tomb Raider movies and Angelina Jolie was superb as Lara Croft and played her part exactly how I imagine she would be.

  • Isonic #13 6 years ago

    The tomb raider films are a great example of what games turned movies SHOULDNT be.Altough i must confess i did e joy the wet scenes with anjelina jolie!