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Warner Bros. Excavating TOMB RAIDER For Reboot!! Has Rhona Mitra’s Time Come At Last??
I am – Hercules!!
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that Warner Bros., which acquired the rights to “Tomb Raider” and its comely protagonist Lara Croft after Paramount allowed its rights to the properties to lapse, is mounting a reboot of the franchise.
No writer’s attached yet, so I’m not sure whether to feel sad or not, but I’m leaning in a saddish direction. I found little of merit in the two Paramount movies, which struck me as bland dishes of reheated “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Better-budgeted, distaff editons of “Jake Speed” or “High Road to China,” if you will.
It doesn't sound like Angelina Jolie, now nominated for a fancy lead-actress Oscar, is being pursued to reprise Lara.
Rising action star Rhona Mitra ("Doomsday," "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans"), who served as the inspiration for Lara while the original “Tomb Raider” game was being devised, wasn’t deemed a marketable enough star to play Lara nine years ago – but perhaps this has changed?
Read all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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this was shit to begin with! somehow it'll be hot now that the franchise is no longer relevant?
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yes it does
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person up right now... i'm twice first.
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Probably wait for the DVD though.
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letting the rights expire to this franchise? I mean, it's not like a AAA franchise, but still, someone was retarded...and yes, I'm fucking tired of all these damn reboots. Didn't really care much for these films though.
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so that rhona runs around with nothing but her holsters and boots on, count me in. otherwise... really? tomb raider? in 2009?
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than ever. The game just received a reboot and so should the movie.
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Sounds good to me.
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But I do like Rhona Mitra.
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That was a good movie! Don't compare it to Tomb Raider! (of course it was no Raiders, but it was a cool little adventure movie)
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Perfect choice, considering she IS Lara Croft! Plus her English is pretty good, being that she IS English!
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This is so fucking unnecessary. At least cross it with something, like TombRaider vs Predator,or TombRaider vs Jason, or TombRaider vs Zohan. Still unnecessary, more entertaining.
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The second Tomb Raider was boring. Neither film was bad, they were just....there. The statue coming to life and Lara shooting it with multiple rounds was the coolest thing in both movies. I would give another one a chance....as a rental.
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And she's a dadgum good action adventure actress
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Sucked and so did those Underworlds 1 and 2. Haven't seen Underworld 3, but sounds like Rhona saved that crapfest. Maybe she'll finally get to play the role she was born to play (well besides Hollow Man) and make a watchable Tomb Raider movie.
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here is a cookie for you (: nude patch.. man I remember those days (:
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Might as well.
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If this was true & they got Rhona Mitra, I'd watch.
Angelina Jolie was god-awful.
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i didnt know her until boston legal, ever since, i've been in love. she's great. i would have to say that most of her work is forgettable, but she's so lovely... and british.
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C'mon she's PERFECT for this kind of flim! All they need to do is have someone dub her voice!
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Jan 28, 2009 1:53:33 AM CST
Are WB sure this time? or is the crack legal team at it again
by mrclark
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Going to make another Band Movie.
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Between Mitra and Fox, you can't really go wrong because lets be honest its not as if were expecting Raiders of the Lost Ark now are we?
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The original Lara Croft PLAYING Lara Croft! No more rubber-lips Jolie! Man, my ultimate geek fantasy is coming true! Now all we need is a script that has some ACTUAL TOMB RAIDING and we're set!Come on, writers - it's Indiana Jones with tits, how hard can it be to get right?
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that chiseled sweaty bod oh boy
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Jan 28, 2009 2:26:05 AM CST
MrClark is right: HITFIX says they are casting a younger Croft.
by bob cryptonight
A GOSSIP GIRL type...
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Sorry, but Croft's boobies made her such an iconic figure. Rhona Mitra is a good choice, but her contract should require her to get pair double D implants for the role. Plus I like big boooooooooobs, I cannot lie.
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...she should star in every franchise ever.
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Croft is the most frustrating heroine ever. Producers must watch The perils of Gwendoline and take notes.
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it isn't fucking hard- as someone said above, it's Indiana Jones with tits. Why do they keep fucking this up? Mind you, the last Indiana Jones wasn't exactly great.
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"Warner Brothers have just announced a second re-boot of the "Tomb Raider" franchise. The central character of Lara Croft has previously been played by Angelina Jolie and Rhona Mitra, with the Rhona Mitra movie still currently in pre-production. The new re-boot will star actress Summer Glau as Lara Croft, and goes into production sometime around 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Warner Brothers are expected to announce a further re-boot of the franchise, this time starring Dakota Fanning, sometime around 8 o'clock this evening. -
Jan 28, 2009 3:20:39 AM CST
sorry Herc, Mitra wasn't "the inspiration for the original":
by newc0253
she was one of the early Lara spokesmodels used for public appearances (iirc, there's a website somewhere that lists them all).
but now that Hollywood deems Mitra worthy to fill Kate Beckinsale's leather bodysuit fighting vampires and werewolves, i agree she's more than ready to resume her Lara Croft booty-shaking duties.
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here's the article, Mitra was the second live action model:
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with Lara going about in a eerily quiet cave pot shooting random endangered wildlife and missing platform jumps.
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Set the movie in Venice. And to make it even more like the game, make the movie three weeks long, with Lara spending the whole movie trying to get up on top of that fucking chandelier.
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She was never the inspiration behind the game, the game had been made well in advance of her becoming a minor model and somewhat famous. It was around the time the game really started to take off that they decided to have a model play Lara at all the games Expos which is basically what Mitras job was along with the 30 or so different models since her. Interesting tidbit on Rhona was when she started appearing in all the lads mags (Pre Lara days) one of her selling points was her ample cleavage which she had her father a plastic surgeon enhance for her. I think one of the creepiest pictures I have aver seen is her wearing a cleavage enhancing bra and by enhancing I mean that thing was squeezing those puppies up to her chin alongside her father with the most unnatural of grins...he just looked...well pervy
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I would love to see her in the role though.
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...on this planet can adequately portray Lara Croft. Pervy geeks have been perfecting her looks for over a decade.And a side note, the fact that this chick is English does not mean she can do a decent 'English accent'. I am English and I am probably terrible at doing what you Americans call an English accent. We don't speak like the Queen. We also don't use Cockney Rhyming Slang. Thinking about it, I don't believe I have ever heard an actual Cockney using Rhyming Slang.
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Jan 28, 2009 3:36:08 AM CST
Mitra's pretty wooden and on the wrong side of 30 for Croft
by killakane
I'd go for Megan Fox (if she can handle the English Accent) but the bottom line with this series is action and eye candy.
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They fucked up casting Angelina she was never right for the role why oh why did they just not go with Claire Forlani she would have been perfect. They need to go with an unknown if they bring it back.
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She's got the looks and can do the action stuff just fine. It's not like Tomb Raider requires some sort of master thespian anyway. I'd love to see her get the job.
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Angelina Jolie is basically in a whole different dimension to all these other low-IQ-looking models. Jolie's Tomb Raider movies may suck, but she is a beautiful, beautiful woman.
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She's got a terrific physical presence. And she's hot, regardless of being what... 34?
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C'mon - you know it makes sense. Make it a good serious film - a cross between Bourne and Raiders.
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it doesnt matter that her rack is supergigantic (that only works in computer games anyway) Plus you could plan a trilogy and have Lara start out younger and grow hardened through the films....
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...even Tomb Raider could turn out amazing. However, I'm not holding my breath.
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Just watch Relic Hunter. It's maybe a low budget cheesy tv-show, but Sydney Fox IS Lara Croft.
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Keira Knightley is a smug posh skeleton. I would rather not see her horrific rictus grin in any movie ever again, as long as I live.
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Finally. Remember how hot Mitra looked back in 1996 when she was on the cover of UK PC Zone in her Croft getup? Dayum. It's time to make good on that promise and actually cast her in the movie version.
A special shout-out to the guy who mentioned the Tomb Raider nude patch. Good times, good times... -
...is the 1982 of PC games. In one year we had, among other things, Tomb Raider, C&C: Red Alert, Diablo, Duke Nukem 3D and motherfucking Quake!
DOS and W95 FTW! -
Never cared for Tomb Raider movies or games anyhow.
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Mitra was the inspiration for Lara croft's design, yet they wouldn't cast her in the leading role/what kind of bullshit is this? as if jolie was soo much better.Fucking Hollywood has no cajones.
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Has Tomb Raider ever really been anything other than an Indiana Jones ripoff where instead of an engaging lead character and a fun adventure story they swapped it for nonsensical action and T&A eye candy? They should just skip the script entirely and film Rhona in a bikini jogging on a treadmill in front of exotic location backdrops for 90 minutes. Make it an exercise video/softcore porn beat-off movie combo. Because that's the BEST they could possibly hope for with the franchise.
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Bring Westwood Studios magic to the big screen!
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That is all.
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in NUDE RAIDER, was the best Lara Croft
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Or, you could re-release Super Mario Bros. Leguizamo could use a few more bucks.
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Sounds good to me. I can take her more seriously as Lara Croft than a lot of other people. Keira Knightly could do a great job as well. I think Knightly would be very true to the character and that would be awesome, but I think Jolie did a good job in being true to the character (at least in the first film), and I think Rhona Mitra would be something a little bit more darker and different to the table. I think its right up her alley and love to see her have a chance at it.
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No no, Hollywood needs a BOOT UP THE ARSE.
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I like her, don't get me wrong, but she's much too skinny and waifish.
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was hoping angelina would return to at least make a 3rd one day. i had no clue that WB got the rights though, so a reboot makes sense since they probably want their own thing. rhona seems like a decent replacement but lets hope the movie is at least good. i really liked the first but the second was just missing something and felt so "meh" to borrow internet lingo. finally saw doomsday the other night so rhona can definatly handle the action as well, too bad that movie sucked.
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the tomb radier movies. I couldnt stand them. and I hated Jolie in the role. the second movie gave me headache. think ill pass.
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There hasn't been a popular "Tomb Raider" game in a while. The time for this has passed I think. The only way they can salvage any of this is if they ignore that it was a videogame and reboot it in a serious way "Casino Royale" style. Get a real director, a real screenwriter and actually take this bitch seriously. Then you could have a decent 135 million dollar domestic gross here. But if the bitch is punching sharks under water they might as well do it direct to video. Cause no one will go see this. But seriously what's next? A reboot of Charlie's Angels? Unless it's taken seriously, let it go.
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basically,they just Need to take the plot of Legend and film that. decent plot, doesnt treat its audience as moronic, and most of all, gives lara genuine character. while its true Tomb Raider underworld didnt set the charts alight, it still made a healthy profit globally. theres still life in the series, it just needs to be understood by the people who want to make some money out of it.
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It was the scripts that sucked like a ten-dollar whore. Who the fuck writes a script that average? For a fucking smash-hit video game that could have gone ANYWHERE?
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Jan 28, 2009 6:12:49 AM CST
If keira does this the trailer will go something like this..
by emeraldboy
Im Lara Croft and Im a treasure hunter. repeat over and over against the background of a thump thump dance track.
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Seriously, guys. That chick is waaaaaay too thin.
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Not only is she smoking hot, but I think she could sell most of the character. Shes got most of the attributes needed-the looks, the accent, the poshness. She can do the heroine. She may be waifish but I could buy her as a climber over a voluptous choice like Mitra. Daddys rich girl - a bit too arrogant, a bit ruggish yet feminine. Shes got the acting chops to sell the character over over alot of the other choices. But this would depend on the direction of the movie. She wouldnt work if the new tomb raider was as self aware, ott and campy like the jolie ones. (Jolie was horribly miscast) Lara Croft may be the ultimate male fantasy, but she shouldnt know she is in the movie.
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hopefully someone from WB is reading this and realises what a genius choice it is.
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your post is exactly why I say Knightley for the role. The filmmakers HAVE to realise what youve written is true and eliminate some aspects of the Lara Croft character from the movie. I say get rid of the James Bond aspects and the massive tits.
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Kiera more realistic in the role? haha It's Tomb Raider! We don't want skinny Kiera. We want big and bouncy Lara. And it was never a "serious" property. Get Rhona in the shorts, get someone with an eye for fun and a feel for the games (Edgar Wright anybody?) and go back to the roots. It's always going to look like an Indy rip, so embrace that and we get what Spielberg, Lucas and Ford can't seem to give us anymore anymore. The only thing that failed before was the half-arsed, cash-cow way the property was treated. Give it a little more respect and it'll win.
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I know I'm going to get flamed for this.
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Rhona Mitra looks a lot like Lara...but, she's still a little lacking in the chest area. Jolie looked fabulous in the first film...due in no small part to the padded bra. But, I hated that they lost that look in the sequel. Lara's all about the boobs, and Jolie's were WAY too small in the 2nd film. Mitra just needs to go with the bra-inserts and she'll look spectacular. Although I'd still prefer Megan Fox.
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TOMB RAIDER IS SILLY SHIT. No need for more. Stupid WB sometimes.
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my cock
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Might as well use Mitra, why not? And keep Jan de Bont away from the franchise.
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I hope they don't use "being condescending to everyone almost all the time" as her main character trait like the Paramount films. I thought was Lara presented as to smug, snotty, and demanding with few endearing personality traits in both films. Make her more empathetic, please. A nice body will only make up for a certain level of cold arrogance and dismissive heartlessness. Hell, that pretty much holds true for any action hero.
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MAKE IT RATED R AND GIVE THE FANS WHAT THEY WANT
Jolie is one night fuck, sorry Brad "Arrogant" Pit. But, Jolie always lacked the hot body of the video game chick. Plus, she is nuts out of her fucking mind and fucked up the script to Tomb Raider by putting her nut job ideas into it.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THIS WEB PAGE WELL ANGELINA JOLIE NEVER LOOKED THAT HOT!!!!
Angelina Jolie is a hot woman but, she never did the character justice. Her butt looked flat and her boobs looked weird (bra). All this sounds superficial but, lets be honest all us real men imagine fucking a girl doggy style when she we a great ass shot and Jolie just does not have it. Face it Lara Croft is known for being the hot female Indiana Jones mixed with Bond.
Flaws of the Jolie movies that are easily fixed:
1. Bring in an actress who has a butt that is not flat.
2. Bring in an actress who does not wear weird bras that make her boobs look weird. Don't forget the titty fuck. Rhona Mitra got those great fake tits for a reason so, let her get full use of her great qualities. Don't get me wrong, she is also the whole package with great acting skills.
3. Stick to the costume that looks hot in the video game. Angelina Jolie is one of the hottest women in hollywood but, the video game chick always looked hotter than her which is pathetic. I'd cum all over the video came chick.
4. Make Laura Croft the female James Bond. The last movies just lacked that sophisticated british charm.
5. The big action scenes worked great in the previous movies but, everything else was kind of CAMPY AND STUPID. If they can keep the scale while making things more realistic.
If the producers had balls they would make it rated R like Terminator 2. Let's face it, the millions of people who grew up playing her video game are now past 18 and we are all past just wanting to see a hot chick. But, a hot chick topless in at least one scene. I'd see that movie four times in theaters and buy the dvd. : )
Rhona Mitra just proved that she can do action in Underworld and her box office appeal is only going to grow. She actualy has the body and acting talent to be Lara Croft plus she played her as a model back in the day and she has done nudity in her previous films so, if she agrees to it than I say cast her. If not than a hot actress is a dime a dozen. But, if she does than at least shoot the scene if you are to much of a pussy to make it rated R and then you can at least put it on the unrated DVD for the DVD profits. I should run a fucking studio since we woud make bank. lol
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You know, if I'm going to change tense in a sentence it is a good idea to remove ALL the words from the previous versions..sigh..
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Jan 28, 2009 7:56:43 AM CST
RHONA IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by illuminate
Oh, Megan Fox is hot but, let's be honest Megan can't act worth shit since she is to lazy to be a real actress. She isn't shit without Micheal Bay. Megan is just one out of a thousand hot models who just lucked out.
Rhona Mitra is the right age, right body (big boobs and perfect face) and she can act.
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I hope Micheal Bay got his balls drained of all the his down Megan Fox's throat since that is all she is worth. IMHO : )
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Sorry about the typos but, I'm typing fast since I have to get to work.
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Yes, she's hot as hell, but she ain't right for this. Rhona sounds fairly decent. Hell, she's even British, something Angelina can only aspire to be.
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... Jake Gyllenhaal can do better.
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...the movie ACTUALLY INCLUDES SOME TOMB RAIDING, okay? That was honestly my biggest problem with the original.
Also -- Rhona Mitra's still not famous enough. If they give her the role, awesome, but if they want a star, they won't. I never jumped on the Megan Fox train because that girl looks so freakin' evil all the time, so I'm hoping they decide to give Mitra a shot. -
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WHY AREN'T YOU ON DVD!? Fuck it, skip the DVD, go straight to Blu-Ray. Like, now. I LOVED that movie!I never knew Rhona Mitra was the inspiration for Lara. She absolutely should play her, she's got a kickin body, she's hot, and she's actually British!Give the directing over to Timur Bekmambetov, and toss the writing to Brian K. Vaughan. So long as it isn't as over-the-top as Wanted, it would work amazingly well. I think BKV has the chops to turn this into something fantastic, and it would obviously look good with Rhona in front (and Timur in back of) the camera.
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Is it really going to be a reboot? Or just a sequel from another company. I mean I don't remember the first one being much of an origin story...just gave a little bit of info about her dad or whatever. But that said, it doesn't have to be seen as a reboot to being with...just part three...and no matter how bad it is, it HAS to be better than the second one...that scene where she punched the shark made me want to walk out of the theater...but I hadn't finished my popcorn yet!
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to begin with...not being with
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My problem with the Tomb Raider films is that Lara seemed invincible and never in any kind of peril. Even in the game you had those "OMG I can't see where i'm jumping" moments that added suspense.
Case in point, the first movie and the "stone guardian". I thought there was about to be some serious suspense and cool moves as she fought this formidable foe (well about as formidable as the movie allowed). But what does she do? Pulls out her guns and walks slowly up a fallen stone column backwards, smiling the whole time. Where was the suspense, the peril? There is none, because Jolie's Lara was near invincible, and there goes all the fun.
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It's not my money...
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Just kiddin' about Xenu, but please not Rhona. Every movie she makes is pure shit (except The Life of David Gale cause we got to see Kevin Spacey bang her)
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Where the hell did you hear that? TR was created in 96 when Rhona wasn't even heard of. (she's still barely heard of today)
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Doomsday has just the best slow motion ass shot of Mitra as she exits the Bentley near the end. Just thought I would add that priceless nugget of information.
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Jan 28, 2009 9:24:53 AM CST
i was curious about the 'rhona inspired laura' statement
by vaudeville villain
myself. if rhona was that hot back in '96, then she's doing damn well for herself.
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But Rhona Mitra is hot, so I'll check it out on DVD or cable.
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Rhona portrayed her as the model for the character in 97, but in no way influenced the way lara was designed.
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Jan 28, 2009 9:39:53 AM CST
i love me some rhona, make her croft and i'll see this crappy mo
by warcraft
yes indeed.
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...as soon as possible before she is too damn old. That will take place around age 36 or 37. Otherwise, she is Lara Croft, and she is insanely hot.
Rhona Mitra (More at IMDb)
Date of Birth: 9 August 1976, Paddington, London, England, UK
Height : 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Trade Mark: Sultry voice; her long, dark hair
Trivia: Had plastic surgery on her breasts to increase their size. Once presented the Pepsi Chart Show (British Channel 5 show) with Dr. Fox. Raised as a Catholic.
Went to Roedean, an all-girls' school in Brighton, East Sussex, but was expelled from it, then from another boarding school. According to Rhona, "I was kicked out for taking a sixth-former's car and driving it down to the local boys' school. I was only 14. I left stuffing under my bedsheets but one of my friends told on me and the headmistress tracked me down. They put me in this room with bars on the windows to punish me. I was stuck in there for a whole week with just a rosary for comfort, having my dinner brought in on trays. The only time I got out was to say confession to the school priest. After that, they booted me out. Then at the next school the other girls used to blame me whenever they got caught for something, so all the parents wrote in and said they didn't want me at the school. I crammed my exams in London and did fine."
Parents were Antony Mitra (Bengali Indian) and Nora (Irish). They divorced in 1984.
First actress to served as an original model for Eidos Interactive's Lara Croft (Tomb Raider).
Personal Quotes: "I can't sit still. That's why I'm very difficult in a relationship. Men get jealous of me traveling - they don't understand that just because I disappear on my own doesn't mean I'm going to shag someone else."
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As long as it's decent/good and has Rhona in it.
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Who ever was responisble for Angelina in a wet white t-shirt running in slow motion while explosions are going off in the background deserves an award.
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Totally with you there. I know she was wearing a padded-bra that increased her cups by one full size, but that scene still got me going in the right direction- up.
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Go check her out. GOD DAMN SHE IS HOT!!!!!!!!!!
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..and say, "Here, let's remake this one".
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There's supposed a ? after "one", not a .
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Oh wait, yes I can.
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Who should play the role, I don't know, but I don't think Rhona Mitra is right for the role???
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that would be a geek's dream coming true
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you don't know.
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with a budget of about $15 mil.
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more enjoyable stuff comes out on DTV than the cinema anyway. Provided of course, that it's so bad it's awesome.
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Yeah... I'd stick with her for the movie, (provided she can act). Gymnast.. looks great in the part.. and fairly young. If they are trying to reboot this into a franchise, they cannot start with someone already in their early to mid-30s.
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Jan 28, 2009 10:41:32 AM CST
LUVIN' MITRA BUT KARIMA ADEBIBE *THE* ULTIMATE TOMB RAIDER
by bringingsexyback
What? You don't believe me? You will, infidels, you will ...
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Jan 28, 2009 10:49:18 AM CST
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF KARIMA ADEBIBE?
by bringingsexyback
You guys are insatiable. Here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47QKJy52X2A
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...go away. You're too openly gay to post.
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Are you guys out of your fucking skulls?Fox has the acting chops of a brick. Despite being only 22 she already looks like she's in her 30's. Casting her as a kid in Transformers has to be one of the funniest things ever - she made Shia look about twelve. Plus she just has that whole pornstar vibe. Anytime she's onscreen you just think she's about to start swallowing cock, not saving the world.Don't get me started on Knightley...
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Jan 28, 2009 11:37:40 AM CST
Rhona is more Lara than Angelina (bless her) will ever be
by brianinsider
Rhona Mitra IS LARA CROFT. Anyone who's seen that piece of shit DOOMSDAY can attest - she's the only thing worth watching in that film. Did I mention I'm biased because she kind of looks like my smoking hot girlfriend REINA!?!?
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she looks a bit like Alexis Arquette.
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Jan 28, 2009 11:49:27 AM CST
J.B.M.A., I want you to get started on Keira Knightley.
by leafar the lost
I think Keira would do just fine as Lara Croft, with a few modifications. First, she would need to gain 20 pounds. Second, she would need breast implants (like Rhona's). Third, she would need to become smoking hot. Aside from those three things, she would be a great Lara Croft.
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Angelina Jolie had the breasts, but Rhona is...well...Rhona.
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At the time the first one came out, I was really hoping to see the beginning of a good film series that would replace the hole that Indiana Jones left. Maybe mix in a little of James Bond (or Bourner Identity if you want to be stay hip and with it). But how lousy TR 1 and 2 ended up being. Really looking forward to a reboot, and Mitra would be a great choice, obviously. Now let's get some ancient temple and cavern spelunking going! And cool it on the CGI use.
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She's one sweet piece of ass. Plus she handles action well. What more do you need for a stupid video game movie?
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...Paul Blart, Benjamin Button, Batman, Iron Man, and whatever's being released next week.
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Passable entertaining, I thought. But there is a great movie here to film & fuck it: let's find it WB.
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At least, according to IMDB:
http://tinyurl.com/ahl3qn
I've never seen it, but for your sake, I hope it gets a Blu-Ray release.
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...that you are all for just another empty Tomb Raider film, along with more miscasting??? Well, the irony is, that you are going to get exactly what you deserve. Enjoy!!!
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BringingSexyBack - you beat me to it, brother!!!!
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If WB is going for an Angelina Jolie lookalike then Jolene Blalock from "Enterprise" should get the nod; she has been unfairly tagged the "Poor Man's Angelina Jolie" from recent reviews of "Starship Troopers 3," because her uniform looked like AJ's from "Skycaptain." Jolene will have to do the English accent
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I haven't seen Rhona Mitra acting, but I'd prefer her appearance to Megan Fox's appearance (or Angelina Jolie's appearance) to represent Lara Croft. Lara's birthday was supposed to be in 1968 at one point but I think this was discarded in the Crystal Dynamics reboot (maybe they didn't want her to get too old?).Megan Fox looks too young to me. I'd like to see centaur statues coming to life with stop-motion animation in an homage to Ray Harryhausen, although I don't consider that likely in this movie.
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"Thirdly she would need to become smoking hot" hahaha, absoulutely.Funny looking bird our Keira...
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C'mon Warner Bros. Make it so. Nobody else will be a better fit for the part.
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Jan 28, 2009 2:55:48 PM CST
I like how it would have taken the author 3 minutes...
by iamjack'suserid
...to actually do a little research to see that his claim about Mitra being the inspiration for Croft was incorrect.
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Jan 28, 2009 2:56:43 PM CST
Knightley can't do it: no boobs, and MEDIA MESSIAH is right:
by bob cryptonight
Mitra is too old now. I mean, she looks great in UNDERWORLD 3 but she's too..mature...for Croft now.
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Cumming Soon... if it doesn't already exist. Hell, I saw Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade on one of my cable channels...
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That's...all I've got sadly.
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Not enough action scenes for her in that one, but she helped carry the movie well enough. And there's something very fitting about having one of the original models returning to play Lara Croft over Anorexia Jolie.
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Jan 28, 2009 3:25:53 PM CST
Yeah, today's kids can't relate to movies made in ***2003***
by nasty in the pasty
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these days to reboot a movie. so, with that being the case, can we reboot that turd of a movie GI Joe is certain to be before it's even released?
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Jan 28, 2009 3:35:59 PM CST
Um Might want to fact check your stories AICN and stop thinking
by somashine
Nell McAndrews was the original Tomb Raider model
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It's probably going to be Megan Fox. Or she'll at least be one of the top contenders.
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What the fuck is wrong with you people? And how believable is a 23-year-old as a combat-trained archaeologist with vast language skills and years of experience raiding tombs?
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She needs to stop these lame dramatic roles and headline an action movie. Plus, just imagine her in that outfit. Will they call the reboot Tomb Raider and stop with the colons and subtitles?
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That bitch is HARD! Just put her in any movie and make her kick a dude IN THE FACE! GOLD!
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link?
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As long as she looks 23 and has nice tits.
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I keed the Doc!
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How are you this evening?
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Watching Revolutionary Road ... have you seen it? I can't believe the hype this is getting - Leo and Kate gave better performances and had better, and more memorable, dialogue in Titanic. This is horrid stuff!
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Just hunkering down in the ice and snow and waiting for the Superbowl.
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She would have the looks, but I'd like Rhona to have a crack at it. She is gorgeous and love the real Brit accent!
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But only if the script is good.
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She can do her own voice-over narration for the trailer, and it will be AWESOME! in the trailer.
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...but I demand that the cast of JLA be entirely comprised of registered AARP members, or else I will scream and stamp my feet and write an online petition!!! Fucking talkback.
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Or how about--should anyone care about Tomb Raider? Can't they find anything else to do a film about in Hollywood? I know--it's a stupid question to ask these days.
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Not sure if she can act, but it's not like any of these broads are Meryl Streep. http://tinyurl.com/37dmmc
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She's a horrible actress with no screen presence.
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As someone mentioned, there hasn't been a popular TR game in ages, because there weren't any DECENT TR games for ages. But when TR:Legend re-booted the game franchise a couple of years ago that changed. TR:Anniversary was, in movie terms - a shot-for-shot remake, bringing the ORIGINAL games onto current-gen (then) consoles. TR:Underworld is the latest installment and shows that the reboot wasn't a fluke.
As for the previous TR movies - the first was pretty damned good, but Paramount dropped it with the 2nd. It wasn't bad games that killed TR movies, it was a bad movie.
And dismissing TR movies as cold dishes of Indy is a bit rich when the coldest, rankest, laziest and bone-achingly disappointingest (?!) Indy-a-like was an actual in-yer-face Indy movie.
If anyone is going to reboot TR and likely do it well, Warners get my vote.
As long as Lara doesn't NUKE THE FRIKKIN FRIDGE she'll be fine. -
Let's face it, that's the only reason why Tomb Raider fanboys were desperate for the nude cheat code.
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Your comment at 06:02:50 made my day. Hilarious and spot-on! Cheers, fella!
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go away, you are to unoriginal to post.
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what you said makes no sense!
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Why cant people let some franchises (if you really want to call 2 movies a franchise) die and just move on.
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but the tbers will not disway me, for I have joe public behind me. The planets will align and knightley shall be croft. http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines1824.html
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...go away, you are too transsexual to post.
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Her age should not be an issue. Tia Carerra had to be more than 33 when she started doing the *Relic Hunter* series. And Tia Carerra is yet another "older" actress that looks better now than she did when she was younger. FFS, Monica Bellucci should be Catwoman or Talia Al Ghul but I'm sure Warner suits would flip out over her being 43. Hell, even being made up to look like a drug addicted whore in *Shoot 'Em Up* she still looked damn good and that was what, 2 years ago?
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She has screen presence UNTIL she starts acting. She was okay on t.v. but not as a star to carry a film. If she was an awesome actress, she would really have a great career.
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Jan 29, 2009 8:15:20 AM CST
And: I want to see TOMB RAIDER raid some tombs in the movie!
by bob cryptonight
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All that's needed to to treat the Tomb Raider series was to make it more like the Indiana Jones series, treat it a little more serious and I think it would have worked. The truth is it sucked 9 years ago and it will still stuck. Even with a Jolie in her prime the scripts were just bad. I, along with a lot of people on this board want to ask, is it really necessary to force these second rate franchise films down our throats? Is there any chance we can get out of the vortex that is video game and comic book adaptations, not to mention the sickening amount of remakes these days. When it comes to action Hollywood is totally bankrupt. I long for the days of Stallone, and Arnold in their primes, they cranked out grade A action flicks. Not Transporter XXI, or Crank, or a reimagined Friday the 13th. It's crap, it's all crap.
One more thing, Dwayne Johnson should have been in the Terminator. The End! -
It'll suck. She would be the only possible bright spot.
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She's got a fantastic body, but she has the face of a reconstructed burn patient.
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and I'll be there!
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