Picture: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft – Crystal Dynamics
Netflix, Crystal Dynamics, Square Enix, and Legendary Television are teaming up for a model new animated collection primarily based on the Tomb Raider online game franchise coming to Netflix quickly.
First introduced alongside an anime challenge for Skull Island again in January 2021, Tomb Raider is a model new animated collection challenge coming completely to Netflix.
Netflix lists the challenge by itself website as a Japanese anime motion collection that’s described as “a road trip adventure.”
The IMDb description for the challenge is as follows:
“Follows heroine Lara Croft as she explores new territory.”
Tomb Raider as a franchise has been round for the reason that mid-90s and has been one of many largest gaming franchises in historical past which has additionally made its approach to the large display screen within the type of the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider motion pictures.
In whole, there have been 17 video video games within the franchise with one other entry reportedly on the way in which. The recreation can be coming as much as its 30-year anniversary in simply 3 years (really feel previous but?).
Three motion pictures have been launched to this point primarily based on the online game IP together with the 2 Angelina Jolie entries, together with Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and The Cradle of Life. A reboot starring Alicia Vikander got here in 2018 with a sequel in improvement to be launched by Warner Brothers.
The new collection will decide up shortly after the occasions of the Square Enix trilogy of video games that have been launched between 2013 and 2018.
At Netflix’s DROP-01 occasion, we lastly obtained our first take a look at the upcoming anime collection.
Who is concerned within the Netflix Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft collection?
Heading up the writing workers is Tasha Huo, who’s presently engaged on three initiatives, together with Tomb Raider. The different two are Black Belle and Red Sonja for Millenium Films, which can star Hannah John-Kamen.
On the twenty fifth Anniversary of Tomb Raider, Huo spoke concerning the forthcoming collection, saying they’ll be “unifying the timelines of Tomb Raider” and transitioning “beyond the survivor trilogy.”
Next up for #TombRaider25 – thrilling casting information dropped at you by Tomb Raider anime collection’ showrunner @Tasha3point0. Welcome @earlybgoode & @AMiseverywhere! pic.twitter.com/fopMS8pzlT
— Tomb Raider (@tombraider) October 28, 2021
Joey Soloway is reportedly directing episodes of Tomb Raider. They’re greatest recognized for his or her work on Amazon Prime’s Transparent.
Legendary Television is producing the collection for Netflix alongside Crystal Dynamics, Square Enix, DJ2 Entertainment, and Tractor Pants.
The animation studio engaged on the challenge can be Powerhouse Animation Studios which is behind Netflix’s Castlevania and most just lately signed a first-look take care of Netflix. They function out of Austin in Texas.
Powerhouse Animation Titles on Netflix
Howard Okay. Bliss, Stephan Vladimir Bugaj, Dmitri M. Johnson, and Jacob Robinson function govt producers.
What is the plot of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft?
At this second in time particulars are nonetheless extraordinarily restricted on the plot of the upcoming collection.
At the very least we all know the anime takes place after the newest Lara Croft trilogy of video video games.
Where is the manufacturing of the Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft collection?
Writing concluded on the challenge in late May 2021, with Tasha Huo posting that they’ve concluded the writing course of, which means it’s now right down to the animators and voice artists to convey the phrases on paper to life. They appropriately celebrated by throwing axes.
That’s a wrap on the writers room! Already lacking this superb #TombRaider writing crew. Felt acceptable we finish it with axes. @LAAXofficial pic.twitter.com/wbIcuMeicV
— Tasha Huo, Dragonrider (@Tasha3point0) May 28, 2021
Throughout the writing course of, a number of photos have been posted on Twitter with the writers assembly through Zoom (it was being written in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic).
Team #TombRaider Writers Assemble! @ShakiraPressley @TroyDangerfield and I take our Lara Croft motion scenes very severely. pic.twitter.com/x58u7v4rtM
— Tasha Huo, Dragonrider (@Tasha3point0) March 10, 2021
What characters from Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will seem within the Netflix collection?
Well, let’s start with the plain. Tomb Raider will clearly characteristic Lara Croft.
We realized on September thirteenth that Lara is about to be voiced by Hayley Atwell, who’s greatest recognized for enjoying Peggy Carter in Captain America and her personal stand-alone collection, Agent Carter.
Hayley Atwell solid as Lara Croft
One character that can be showing within the Netflix collection that we will verify can be Zip.
Zip featured in each the unique timeline and legend timeline however primarily based on the solid itemizing, it seems the character in Netflix’s collection can be extra akin to the Zip seen within the Legends timeline.
Here’s his character synopsis for the brand new collection:
“Hacker and tech geek. Zip was discovered by Croft Industries after he broke into one of their competitor’s databases. They recruited him and continue to pay him handsomaly.”
In October 2021 to have fun the twenty fifth anniversary of the sport, Square Enix introduced that Allen Maldonado had been solid because the function of Zip.
Earl Baylon can be taking part in the function of Jonah Maiava within the Tomb Raider collection. The voice actor has additionally voiced in Netflix’s Dynasty Warriors and Trese. Baylon notably voiced Jonah within the video games.
Earl Baylon as Jonah
The collection is one among many big-name video video games getting variations on Netflix.
As you could know, Netflix can be entering into video video games, with over a pair dozen cellular video games presently out there. Rumor has it that Tomb Raider can be becoming a member of Netflix’s roster of video games shortly, with Tomb Raider Reloaded eying a rerelease on Netflix Games.
When is Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft coming to Netflix?
There’s presently no affirmation from Netflix when Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is coming. Previously, we have been led to imagine that the collection would arrive in 2023, nevertheless, a 2024 launch is wanting increasingly possible.
That’s all we now have on the brand new Tomb Raider anime collection coming quickly to Netflix for now, we’ll you’ll want to let you recognize extra as and after we get it.