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First Look at Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in New Tomb Raider Movie

We’re still a year away from the Tomb Raider movie revival, but we already have our first looks at Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne) as Lara Croft in Norwegian director Roar Uthaug‘s (The Wave) relaunch of the movie franchise. Unlike the original movies, which starred Angelina Jolie, this new movie is based on the 2013 Tomb Raider video game by Crystal Dynamics.

The first official synopsis has also been released:

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 was written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet. Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu and Dominic West also star.

The movie is slated to open on March 16, 2018.

2 thoughts on “First Look at Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in New Tomb Raider Movie

  • RedMochoCooler

    Shouldn’t be hard to top the first Tomb Raider

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