I'm presuming it's about to lose that crown to Detective Pikachu in a few weeks, but I digress. It was frontloaded, but it still sits with $131 million domestic as the biggest-grossing video game-based movie ever in North America. Simon West's first Tomb Raider movie, which gave us a very young Daniel Craig, was pretty terrible (and clearly mangled in post-production), but hype, interest and a prime star+character combo pushed it to a $47 million debut (huge even in 2001) in June of 2001. If you recall, Tomb Raider was one of a handful of would-be event movies that got steamrolled (especially in North America) by Black Panther and its Titanic-like monopoly on domestic filmmaking dollars from mid-February to late March. I do not know if they will be distributing this one as well, but I'd bet on it accordingly. released the previous Tomb Raider, while the Jolie flicks (including The Cradle of Life in 2003) were courtesy of Paramount/Viacom. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons penned the first flick, which was a loose adaptation of the rebooted Tomb Raider video game, and we can hope that they hire a female director this time out. Jump is best known for co-writing Ben Wheatley's movies ( Free Fire, Kill List and High-Rise among others). As someone who liked the last Tomb Raider but felt that Vikander's winning Lara Croft deserved more than just an origin story rehash, this is relatively good news. Whether the Alicia Vikander flick performed well in post-theatrical or MGM just wants more franchises for the sake of having more franchises, this is an interesting development.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |