Tomb Raider 2 Movie Update: New Director Named, Alicia Vikander To Return?
The sequel to the 2018 Tomb Raider film has been up in the air for a while now. However, fans remain excited to know what the next chapter for the new Lara Croft will be.
There have been no exact details surrounding the sequel of the franchise, especially since Tomb Raider 2 has been indefinitely delayed by MGM.
But on Monday, fans received a major update.
Ben Wheatley, the director of High Rise and Free Fire, was previously attached to the early stages of the sequel s development, but he is no longer involved. Now, according to Deadline, the studio has tasked Misha Green to write and make her feature directorial debut.
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26 January 2021
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The 36-year-old filmmaker will make her feature directorial debut on the movie which stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft and has replaced Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump as director and screenwriter on the movie respectively.
Misha previously wrote and created the acclaimed TV series Lovecraft Country that starred Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors and Michael Kenneth Williams. She has also worked on Sons of Anarchy and is writing and producing action movie The Mother for Netflix.
Graham King and Elizabeth Cantillon are producing via the GK Films banner and The Cantillon Company respectively.
It was reported last year that the project had been delayed indefinitely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.