With the cancellation of Tomb Raider 2 starring Alicia Vikander, plans for a Lara Croft movie are on hold. But director Edgar Wright already has an idea in mind.
Edgar Wright the director behind the very good Baby Driver already has an actress in mind to embody the next Lara Croft on the big screen. Explanations!
A Tomb Raider film in a complex situation
Despite critical and commercial failure, the adaptation of The Adventures of Lara Croft starring Alicia Vikander in the title role had a second film in the works. But in the meantime, MGM did not want to keep the rights to the license and therefore simply canceled the project with Misha Green in the script. Despite everything, Lara Croft should still return to dark rooms, it is still a hen with golden eggs …
Edgar Wright has an idea, an ongoing casting for the next Lara
Invited on the set of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, last Tuesday August 9, the actress Aubrey Plaza who we saw recently in Ruse de Guerre declared that Edgar Wright, after seeing a photo of her in the movie Emily the Criminal thought it was the new Lara Croft.
My friend Edgar Wright saw this picture and texted me saying, ‘Oh my god, are you the new Lara Croft? You are the new Tomb Raider ?'”
After answering in the negative, the director would have continued:
I found out they were auditioning for this role right now, and I was like, ‘There you have your new Tomb Raider’.”
The photo in question is this one:
In short, the other news is that castings are taking place to find the next Lara Croft. And it may well be that Audrey Plaza is present. To be continued…