It seems the new art direction for Lara only lasted one installment, as Eidos is apparently taking the Tomb Raider back under the knife for some next gen love. Could the cartoony look of Lara Croft be a thing of the past? Could you stomach another Tomb Raider movie and a 10th Anniversary video game pack of everything you stopped caring about after puberty? And lastly, can you take one more loaded question from me before you read the full story?
I was hoping Lara would have an electronic belly with Tivo in it someday, and it's finally happening. Eidos businessface Ian Livingstone dribbled the following to
EGTV about their upcoming production:
I've seen some of the in-game models and it's just like watching television; if you felt you were in love with Lara Croft previously, you ain't seen nothing yet. You'll be drooling when you see the new Lara as she appears in the next iteration.
So much for that whole "understated sexy" thing they were pitching a year ago. Which part of respecting her emotional depth does "drooling" pertain to exactly? Nice to see they're cutting the crap, as I personally liked Lara when she was 3/4 boobs. Apparently, so did their research analysts. But that's all speculative on my part (aka reality).
The real news is that Angelina's back on the screen being pouty and indifferent with a bad english accent soon. "Lara Croft's two movie outings have also accounted for hefty revenues of US$ 430 million - and Livingstone confirmed that work on a third big screen outing, again starring Angelina Jolie, is also underway". He says:
There's a possibility - we've been talking to Paramount, who've agreed to assign a scriptwriter. That's nowhere near the green-light process but it's a very healthy start to have a scriptwriter which they're going to pay serious amounts of money to write the first script. Eidos is currently working towards next year's release of Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary Edition, due for an imminent unveiling in the specialist press.
Of course, none of this is important anymore because we're going to be way too busy paying attention to the new babe from Heavenly Sword, but it's good to know that Karima's not out of a job yet. Tomb Raider does seem to be headed in that irrelevant Sonic the Hedgehog route where we pay attention to it out of habit of name recognition but honestly don't really care anymore. I guess what I'm really saying ... bring that boobs back, Eidos. We miss you.
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4:27 PM on 12.18.2006
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