Get hyped for even more video game adaptations from Netflix, because the streaming service just revealed a first look at Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft.
Netflix revealed the first look trailer for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft and posted the video on its YouTube channel. You can check out the video below, which gives a few flashes of Croft adventuring, her backstory, and, of course, notching and firing an arrow. The end of the video doesn’t reveal a release date, and instead, Netflix only claims that the project, which comes from Legendary Television, is “coming soon.”
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The original Tomb Raider game released in 1996 and introduced the world to Lara Croft, an archaeologist/adventurer in the style of Indiana Jones. Her early adventures in video games were filled with puzzles and action that earned her a devoted fanbase, numerous sequels, and adaptations in other media. There have been two attempts at a Tomb Raider movie series. The first starred Angelina Jolie in the title role, while the latter saw Alicia Vikander take up the mantle. Phoebe Waller-Bridge is currently said to be working on a Tomb Raider TV series at Amazon and there are additional reports that there’s a movie on the way that’s designed to turn the property into a “Marvel-like franchise.”
Little is known about the plot of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft at this time. However, Netflix has had a lot of successful video game adaptations of late, with the likes of Arcane and Castlevania, so I’m cautiously optimistic that the show will be, at worst, a lot of fun.
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft does not have a set release date at the time of writing. The series stars Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft, Earl Baylon as Jonah Maiava, and Allen Maldonado as Zip.
