Crystal Dynamics published a brief video on Twitter to celebrate
Tomb Raider‘s 25th anniversary, in which it revealed a collaboration with Netflix and briefly talked about the franchise’s future.
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Netflix will be producing a Tomb Raider anime series with Legendary Entertainment.
The Witcher: Blood Origin‘s Tasha Huo will serve as writer and executive producer. dj2 Entertainment is also involved in the project. No further details were revealed.
As far as the franchise’s future is concerned, Crystal Dynamics started off by hedging expectations. Franchise director Will Kerslake made it clear that the studio will not be announcing a new game anytime soon, but whenever that happens,
A Tomb Raider anime is on its way to Netflix, the streaming giant announced on Wednesday.
According to Netflix’s press release, the anime will be a sequel to the most recent reboot video game trilogy of the Tomb Raider franchise. As you might expect, the series will follow the game’s iconic main character, Lara Croft, as she travels the world searching out new, more exciting, and more dangerous adventures.
The Tomb Raider animated series will be written and executive produced by Tasha Huo, who is also working
The Witcher: Blood Orange, a live-action spinoff of the popular fantasy series. Lara Croft’s last trip outside of video games came in 2018 when Alicia Vikander brought the character to the big screen in a reboot directed by Roar Uthaug.
Will pick up after events of recent trilogy. Updated on 27 January 2021
Netflix has snaffled up another iconic video game property to add to its increasingly teetering pile of animated TV adaptations, with the streaming service this time having set its sights on globe-trotting archaeologist Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider franchise.
This latest Tomb Raider adaptation is being produced in collaboration with Legendary Entertainment and will pick up after the events of Lara s recent video game trilogy, developed by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal. Exactly how far after after those events is currently unclear, meaning we could end up with anything from the prequel trilogy s perpetually anguished Lara to the considerably more charismatic protagonist of earlier games.
SKULL ISLAND and TOMB RAIDER Anime Series Coming to Netflix
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Netflix is adding two big titles to its ever-growing library of anime originals. The streaming giant is teaming up with Legendary Television for a new series based on
Kong: Skull Island. And it’s also partnering with Square Enix for an animated
Tomb Raider show.
Today Netflix announced two new anime projects (which we first heard about at
The Hollywood Reporter). The two shows will expand a couple of wildly popular IPs. The first is an original series based on 2017’s Legendary’s
Kong: Skull Island. Brian Duffield (
Netflix is no stranger to anime on January 27, 2021, 14:05
Why it matters: Netflix on Wednesday said it is working on anime adaptations of two well-known franchises and confirmed its commitment to a previously announced series. The two new series will join a host of other similar material already on the platform, further bolstering its appeal to fans of animated content.
Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft will make her anime debut in a new series that picks up after the events of the game’s recent trilogy reboot. It’ll be written and executive produced by Tasha Huo (The Witcher: Blood Origin, Red Sonja) alongside Dmitri M. Johnson (Sonic the Hedgehog), Stephan Bugaj and Howard Bliss.