The adventures of Lara Croft is now in the works after more than five years of development. The 'Tomb Raider' reboot has found director Roar Uthaug to direct the MGM and Warner Bros feature project featuring archeologist Lara Croft.
Geneva Robertson-Dworet, who is a co-writer on Transformers 5 and who also wrote the Black List script Hibernation, is in negotiations to pen the screenplay.
Croft first appeared on screen portrayed by Angelina Jolie in 2001 in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
The new movie is going to be produced by Graham King of GK Films, who got the rights from interactive entertainment company, Square Enix, in 2011. After Graham King developed the movie, he partnered with MGM in 2013 and in early 2015. Warner Bros also joined the group, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Cassidy Lange will oversee for MGM, while Drew Crevello will oversee for Warner Bros. Dennis O'Sullivan will run for GK Films, and MGM will be the one to oversee production.
Tomb Raider is Uthaug's English-language debut. The Norwegian director is going to helm MGM and Warner Bros' "Tomb Raider" reboot.
Uthaug has directed "The Wave," a Norwegian disaster drama which was submitted in the Oscars as a foreign film. He also directed in Norway, "Magic Silver" and "Cold Prey." Geneva Robertson-Dworet is in negotiations to re-write the screenplay.
London-based Eidos, now part of Square Enix, is the one responsible for the release of the original "Tomb Raider" in 1996, which sold over 35 million units.
According to Variety, the two films of Paramount which starred Angelina Jolie as the Brit archaeologist, were released in 2001 and 2003 and had gross sales of $432 million worldwide.
With 20 percent ownership of Eidos, Warner Bros launched the development of the "Tomb Raider" project with Dan Lin as producer, but the feature rights went to Square Enix after it bought Eidos for $120 million in 2009.
Warner Bros joined on board in early 2015, and in the same year MGM also teamed up with Warner Bros.