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Ben Wheatley Set To Direct Alicia Vikander In ‘Tomb Raider’ Sequel; MGM Sets Release Date

Ben Wheatley Set To Direct Alicia Vikander In 'Tomb Raider' Sequel; MGM Sets March 19, 2021 Release

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Ben Wheatley has been set to direct MGM’s Tomb Raider sequel, with the studio setting a release date of March 19, 2021. Alicia Vikander is reprising her role as the treasure-hunting action heroine Lara Croft. Amy Jump is writing the sequel script and Graham King is producing through his GK Films banner, and Elizabeth Cantillon.

Wheatley directed the films Kill List and Free Fire, and he is in post production on Rebecca for Working Title Films.

Directed by Roar Uthaug, last year’s first film grossed $275 million worldwide. Production on the sequel will begin early next year.

 

[Animagic]

I liked the first one ok. I enjoyed the story in the game a lot more but I’ll probably go see another one.

 

[Stilton Disco]

What?!? Why!?!

I gave the first one a fair shot, but im not even going to bother seeing this. I'm so bloody sick of this version of Lara Croft anyways, the thought of another movie thats a worse version of her dull games starring a human plank of wood sounds like torture.

 

[bitbydeath]

What?!? Why!?!

I gave the first one a fair shot, but im not even going to bother seeing this. I'm so bloody sick of this version of Lara Croft anyways, the thought of another movie thats a worse version of her dull games starring a human plank of wood sounds like torture.

Yeah, they made her too weak.
Angelina Jolie was far better in the role.

 

[Stilton Disco]

Yeah, they made her too weak.
Angelina Jolie was far better in the role.

I liked the Jolie movies because if nothing else they at least managed to remember that Lara enjoys her work and has a dry sense of humour.

Modern Tomb Raider is so po faced and serious about everythjng, and makes Lara a miserable victim, constantly hating every adventure but struggling through because of her daddy issues.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Are you serious? I thought it bombed?

I watched it and it was fucking terrible, everything cool from the 2013 game was removed, it felt like a cheap made for TV movie.

 

[Cock of War]

Big fan of Ben Wheatley. This is a very strange combination. Like if Super Mario Brothers the Movie 2 was to be directed by David Lynch.
Colour me intrigued.

 

[octiny]

Are you serious? I thought it bombed?

I watched it and it was fucking terrible, everything cool from the 2013 game was removed, it felt like a cheap made for TV movie.

Unfortunately it broke even-ish with the average 2.5x a movie's budget multiplier simply because of worldwide numbers, bombed in the US tho

Think they are banking on a larger SJW crowd coming for the 2nd one w/ a slightly lower budget this time.

I just can't take her seriously as Lara. Angelina nailed the look etc

 

[Kadayi]

Big fan of Ben Wheatley. This is a very strange combination. Like if Super Mario Brothers the Movie 2 was to be directed by David Lynch.
Colour me intrigued.

True (High Rise was fucking glorious) but I have to say I just don't see him as an action director even with Free Fire under his belt.

 

[Stilton Disco]

Unfortunately it broke even-ish with the average 2.5x a movie's budget multiplier simply because of worldwide numbers, bombed in the US tho

Think they are banking on a larger SJW crowd coming for the 2nd one w/ a slightly lower budget this time.

I just can't take her seriously as Lara. Angelina nailed the look etc

Sadly you're probably right. Certainly this is most SJW's idea of the ideal female body:

I cant see it doing betteer than the first one though. Speaking for my wife and I, it's had its one chance, it's not getting another.

 

[Boss Mog]

Who asked for a sequel to that dreck? Alicia Vikander was the wrong choice, it was clear from the get go. Heck, even Camilla Luddington (The actress that voices her in the games) would have been a far superior choice.

 

[Boss Mog]

Sadly you're probably right. Certainly this is most SJW's idea of the ideal female body:

I cant see it doing betteer than the first one though. Speaking for my wife and I, it's jad its one chance, it's not getting another.

Dude you should put a blur spolier on that pic with a warning. I did not wanna see that.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Sadly you're probably right. Certainly this is most SJW's idea of the ideal female body:

I cant see it doing betteer than the first one though. Speaking for my wife and I, it's jad its one chance, it's not getting another.

At this point, there's almost no need for that top. Might as well throw some trunks on and join the men.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Unfortunately it broke even-ish with the average 2.5x a movie's budget multiplier simply because of worldwide numbers, bombed in the US tho

Think they are banking on a larger SJW crowd coming for the 2nd one w/ a slightly lower budget this time.

I just can't take her seriously as Lara. Angelina nailed the look etc

I was actually impressed how thoroughly and efficiently they removed everything cool from the game, almost as if it was on purpose.

The great cast of supporting characters? Gone, they couldn't even fit Sam in, even though she was crucial to the game's story, let alone my favorite character, Jonas.

The cool old Japanese villages and temples? Gone.

The town built out of wreckage? Gone.

The horror vibe with the cannibals in the caves and stuff? Gone.

The military base stuff? Gone.

There was literally only a single scene in the movie that resembled something from the game with Lara inside the crashed plane.

Obviously I know when adapting a game to movie there would have to be changes but it was like I said, as if they purposely went out of their way to leave out almost everything that was cool in the game, the whole thing felt very cheap, which is probably how it was able to be profitable enough to warrant a sequel.

That's putting aside the woke bullshit of casting a flat chested actress to play a character primarily known for her breasts, but even if she had been buxom the movie would have still been shitty.

 

[JoeyWestSide]

I was actually impressed how thoroughly and efficiently they removed everything cool from the game, almost as if it was on purpose.

The great cast of supporting characters? Gone, they couldn't even fit Sam in, even though she was crucial to the game's story, let alone my favorite character, Jonas.

The cool old Japanese villages and temples? Gone.

The town built out of wreckage? Gone.

The horror vibe with the cannibals in the caves and stuff? Gone.

The military base stuff? Gone.

There was literally only a single scene in the movie that resembled something from the game with Lara inside the crashed plane.

Obviously I know when adapting a game to movie there would have to be changes but it was like I said, as if they purposely went out of their way to leave out almost everything that was cool in the game, the whole thing felt very cheap, which is probably how it was able to be profitable enough to warrant a sequel.

That's putting aside the woke bullshit of casting a flat chested actress to play a character primarily known for her breasts, but even if she had been buxom the movie would have still been shitty.

The movie was already 2 hours so what if they cut the opening sequences, kept the dad stuff but added more of the cool island stuff and supporting characters extending it maybe a half hour? Would it be better that way but at 2.5 hours? Or what about more of "I need to get, and now I can't go back" and just add of 20 minutes of that with it as is?

 

[Caffeine]

Sadly you're probably right. Certainly this is most SJW's idea of the ideal female body:

I cant see it doing betteer than the first one though. Speaking for my wife and I, it's had its one chance, it's not getting another.

she needs to eat some steaks they made her boobs bigger in the film lol, idk she was pretty close.

 

[discait]

Are you serious? I thought it bombed?

It absolutely bombed. And I'll explain how. Movies tend to spend around their production budget on marketing (some spend more or less, but that's a good average.) Tomb Raider's budget was $94 million (according to boxofficemojo.) So, budget x2 = $188 million. That's what the studio needed to break even. Now we'll look at ticket sales.

US: $58,250,803
Foreign: $216,400,000
Total: $274,650,803

And you might think, "275 is more than 188, so it made a profit." Nope. Studios don't get 100% of ticket sales. In the US, they get around 60%. Overseas, around 30%.

58,250,802 x .6 = 34,950,481
216,400,000 x .3 = 64,920,000
Total: 99,870,481

The movie lost around $90 million at the box office.

 

[Javthusiast]

The movie lost around $90 million at the box office.

So I see they made a smart decision by doing a sequel.

 

[Riven326]

Well, I only ever saw the one with Jolie in it. It was fun and I thought she was good in that role. As for the new trilogy, I enjoyed the first game, the one from 2013. After that it just seemed like they didn't know what to do with it. I heard Shadow bombed. Not sure if they'll ever make another. If they do, I hope thry take it in an unexpected direction. The last two seemed too much like a poor imitation of Uncharted, which was It's superior in virtually every way.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

only saw the Jolie ones. they are god tier. she is the perfect Lara.

never had a single thought of seeing the new one. the story in the new games was terrible, Nu Lara is a drag.

 

[Iced Arcade]

Still think they should have got camilla luddington for the role.

 

[GymWolf]

The return of the boobless anorexic lara croft...

 

[Kadayi]

Still think they should have got camilla luddington for the role.

Yeah, they needed someone akin to a younger Hayley Atwell. English Rose look and with some curves.

Viklander just doesn't look English tbh

 

[GymWolf]

Luddington is smokin hot but she is boobless like the vikander chick.

Just watch californication for reference.

 

[Boss Mog]

Luddington is smokin hot but she is boobless like the vikander chick.

Just watch californication for reference.

Still bigger than Vikander's and at least she has a pretty face.

 

[GymWolf]

Still bigger than Vikander's and at least she has a pretty face.

still small tits and the only good thing about vikander is the face tbh.
but yeah luddington has a more sexy face.

 

[Stilton Disco]

Still think they should have got camilla luddington for the role.

Oh fuck off no. That terrible rendition of an English accent (and yes, I know shes technically a bit british, but she's clearly been living abroad long enough to have lost her proper one, if she ever had one), alongside her dull, bored and emotionless delivery was a fucking nightmare to sit through.

Ideally I'd want to cast Emily Blunt. She's fantastic in action roles and has broad enough acting chops to do posh properly while still be wisecracking and looking like she was enjoying herself. Shes also fucking hot.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

 

[Ellis]

I still want Rhona Mitra for fuck sake.

Failing that....

Octavia, from The 100.

 

[sublimit]

Classic Lara does not approve.