Tomb Raider Reboot to be released in 2018

 

March 16th, 2018 is the release date Warner Bros. has set for director Roar Uthaug‘s video game adaptation/reboot, which will star Academy Award-winner Alicia Vikander. There are currently no other films scheduled for Lara Craft‘s release date that we know of, but it will open a week after The Wreck-It Ralph sequel and a few short weeks before Steven Spielberg‘s Ready Player One adaptation.

Warner Bros. was eying that March 16th release date for The Flash, but for whatever reason, they decided to give the date instead to Tomb Raider. Back in 2009 was when we first heard a new Tomb Raider film was in the works, which was around the time Megan Fox was falsely rumored for the role. Two years later, the intention was to tell an origin story. Although the script has changed many hands over the years, it sounds like showing Lara Croft’s first adventure is still the plan.

Screenwriter Marti Noxon once worked on the project, but the last writer hired that we know about is Evan Daugherty. When Daughtery became involved Warner Bros. came aboard to distribute the film, which put the project on a fast track. MGM, Warner Bros., and GK Films are behind Lara Croft, with Graham King producing.