TOMB RAIDER Sequel Is Still Happening Insists Star Alicia Vikander (But It Hasn't Been Greenlit Yet)

The Tomb Raider sequel has been through quite a few changes since first being announced, and star Alicia Vikander has now explained where things currently stand with the movie. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Jul 21, 2021 02:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Tomb Raider

The first Tomb Raider movie didn't receive the warmest of responses from critics, but it turned a decent profit at the box office and Warner Bros. soon announced plans to release a sequel.

COVID-19 slowed things down on that front, and while Free Fire's Ben Wheatley was initially attached to direct (an unexpected choice), the movie lost him and its 2021 release date last year. Since then, Lovecraft Country creator Misha Green has been tasked with taking the helm of the movie, while a glimpse of the script later confirmed she was in the midst of rewrites.

Talking to Collider, Tomb Raider star Alicia Vikander shared an update on where things stand with Tomb Raider: Obsidian (the title Green hopes to use). "Pre-COVID, I would’ve said yes. And now I think it’s a yes still. It’s not greenlit, but the script is in the making, and I think everyone is excited and I would love to revisit Lara again," she shared.

"It’s very recent. It’s really now when the world is up and running again [that the script is being written], and Misha is onboard and she’s working on the script right now," Vikander added. "So I’m very excited to sort of read something very soon."

Based on these comments, it sounds like Tomb Raider 2/Tomb Raider: Obsidian is a long way from becoming a reality, and at this rate, cameras may not start rolling until well into 2022.

The question is, will even those who enjoyed that first movie care about a sequel by that point?

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15 Comments

TheManWithoutFear - 7/21/2021, 2:56 AM

The Tomb Raider franchise is not in a good shape at the moment. The first of these new films made very little impact at all (why did they include her father that still irritates me) and the most recent game was quite boring i felt.

With franchises like Uncharted surpassing it, i feel that it needs some kind of new energy somehow. Lara is an icon so she will probably last forever but they need something that will bring back the excitement.

bkmeijer2 - 7/21/2021, 3:05 AM

@TheManWithoutFear - I think they included the father so to give the audience an emotional hook. I wasn't too bothered by it.

Yeah, they actually gave the Tomb Raider to raid a tomb at the end, but I kinda disliked they took out the supernatural element of that though.

bkmeijer2 - 7/21/2021, 2:58 AM

I've finally played through the games and I'm actually kinda interested in this.

In hindsight the first movie was a solid movie that made sensible changes from the first game, but it doesn't really have a need to exist other than for the sake of adapting a game.

I hope the second one can do it's own thing and isn't going to hold itself back by falling into that videogame adaptation trap of ''hey, remember this from the game?''

SimplyAz - 7/21/2021, 3:02 AM

I thought the first one was in the okay - good range for me.
Definitely hope the sequel takes it to the next level.

Out of the best video game movies, Sonic and Mortal Kombat 2021 are above the first one

Grodd87 - 7/21/2021, 3:07 AM

I thought the first one had potential but fell flat.

BritishMonkey - 7/21/2021, 5:57 AM

Please no.
Just bring back the classic fun adventurer. Not this sullen mess.

BecauseICare - 7/21/2021, 6:30 AM

@BritishMonkey - I think that's why I have such a soft spot for the Jolie movies. They were fun! Yes arguments can be made as to the "quality" of those movies. But in the end I had a GREAT time with both of those movies. The first of the new TR movies was sorely lacking that "fun" element.

BritishMonkey - 7/21/2021, 9:20 AM

@BecauseICare - The Vikander reboot was so frustrating. The only bIt I liked was the last half hour where she actually raided a tomb. The whole thing was so [frick]ing contradictory too. "I'm not that kind of Croft" she says after doing what a Croft does.

I agree with the Jolie films with their flaws, but those were much more faithful to the the games it drew from I feel. And Jolie was perfect casting for Lara and has a way, way better characterisation.

theFUZZ008 - 7/21/2021, 9:03 AM

Walton Goggins made the first watchable.

TOMB RAIDER Sequel Is Still Happening Insists Star Alicia Vikander (But It Hasn't Been Greenlit Yet)

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