Tomb Raider

June 12th 2001: The return of Alan Smithee? Read another report on 'Raider' over at FilmJerk.com. Thanks to Edward.

May 29th 2001: Simon West's 'Tomb Raider' cut a "sure bomb"? Read more at Coming Soon.

April 17th 2001: Screenwriters Utopia takes a look at a rewrite by "Face/Off" writers Mike Werb and Michael Colleary. Previous drafts were written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman. I believe Laeta Kalogridis and (director) Simon West also did some writing after this draft... Spoilers. Thanks to Chris.

March 6th 2001: Courtesy of Dark Horizons, a teaser poster for the action/adventure "Tomb Raider," directed by Simon West ("The General's Daughter"). Thanks also to 'T-bird =/\=.'

October 24th 2000: A look at the shooting draft of the "Tomb Raider" script, with thanks to AICN.

August 8th 2000: Iain Glen (who appeared with Nicole Kidman in "The Blue Room" on the London stage), has joined the cast. According to THR, Glen will play the role of the arch-villain Powell, adversary of Croft's father. Daniel Craig ("Elizabeth") plays Croft's love interest, CIA agent Theo Rooker, and Leslie Phillips ("The Jackal") round out the cast.

July 31st 2000: Writers Mike Werb and Michael Colleary ("Face/Off") did a production rewrite on "Tomb Raider" for director Simon West and Paramount Pictures/Mutual Film Co., according to The Hollywood Reporter.

July 19th 2000: A deal is being finalized for Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn's Mutual Film Co. to co-finance and co-produce "Tomb Raider," starring Angelina Jolie. According to THR, British actor Daniel Craig ("Elizabeth") has been cast in a lead role opposite Jolie as her love interest, CIA agent Theo Rooker.

July 15th 2000: Click here to read an IMDb interview with director Simon West. You can also read a recent Empire Online interview with him here.

April 8th 2000: Angelina Jolie has officially signed on to play Lara Croft in the film version of the hit video game, "Tomb Raider." Variety reports that Eidos Plc (EID.L) said production of the hotly awaited Paramount Pictures film would begin this summer with Simon West ("The General's Daughter") directing. In "Raider" Jolie will play Croft, a publishing magnate who battles danger as she travels to exotic locations to uncover and preserve ancient artifacts, like a female Indiana Jones.

March 28th 2000: Another review of Steven E. De Souza's (rejected) 'Tomb Raider' script, with thanks to IGN FilmForce.

March 3rd 2000: Angelina Jolie ("Girl, Interrupted") is in final talks to play Lara Croft in "Tomb Raider," a live-action feature based on the hugely popular video game. Variety reports that the Paramount Pictures project is set to begin production this summer, with Simon West ("The General's Daughter") directing.

March 2nd 2000: Director Simon West ("Con Air") recently talked to EW about the "Tomb Raider" project: "No movie made from a videogame has ever worked." That said, West is hoping his summer 2001 adaptation of the phenomenon will be to Paramount what "Batman" was to Warner Bros.: a big-budget, billion-dollar box office franchise. West replaced Stephen Herek ("Mr. Holland's Opus") after Herek jumped to the Mark Wahlberg starrer "Metal God," and rehired "Raider"'s first set of writers, Patrick Massett and John Zinman. "I read all the back drafts and the one I liked best was theirs," says West. "It's the classic Hollywood development system where you go back to where you started." Now, West is searching for an unknown actress who can start playing the "James Bond of archaeology" this June. "We don't want to ram a Hollywood star into this thing, because Lara is visually [known]," West says. "To some, she's the perfect woman, though others would say she's a total male fabrication of what a woman should be." One tip for aspiring talent: Leave the Wonderbra at home. West says that when it comes to "his Tomb"-raiding type, he's more of an "Alien''-bashing Sigourney Weaver than a "Barb Wire"d Pamela Lee kind of guy.

December 21st 1999: Paramount Pictures is in advanced negotiations to enlist Simon West ("Con Air," "The General’s Daughter") to direct "Tomb Raider." Variety reports that the screenplay - which bears similarities to “Raiders of the Lost Ark” - remains the stumbling block. The picture remains on Paramount’s fast track. Producers Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin are still on board and will work with West and scribes Michael Werb and Michael Colleary ("Face/Off") on the rewrite. Earlier in the year the producers were developing the script with helmer Stephen Herek (“Mr. Holland’s Opus”) and scribes Patrick Massett and John Zinman. When Herek signed on to Warner Bros.’ “Metal God,” the producers needed to find a new director.

August 8th 1999: CA has added a positive review of Steven E. De Souza's 'Tomb Raider' script draft:

April 13th 1999: Variety reports that a live-action picture based on the popular Croft video game, is said to be on the fast track at Paramount Pictures. Director Stephen Herek ("Holy Man") is close to a deal to develop the project, which the studio hopes to turn into an event film for release in summer 2000. Several scribes took a shot at adapting the video game - at one point two writers were working independently on different versions. But it wasn't until screenwriter Steven de Souza submitted his draft that Paramount deemed the project ready for a director to come on board, according to Paramount MPG president John Goldwyn.

February 4th 1999: It's been a while since anything new has happened with the 'Tomb Raider' movie project, but 'don corlione' dropped in some possible new info:

Akiva Goldsman (Lost in Space, A Time to Kill) is rumored to be co-scripting duties for "Tomb Raider: The Movie" along-side Luc Besson. Luc Besson is also rumored to be directing the Paramount Picture. Filming is expected to start this summer for a late summer 2000 release.

October 5th 1998: 'ritchieK' reports that Luc Besson ("The Fifth Element") is in talks to co-write and direct the video-game-based adventure flick for Paramount. Thanks to 'ritchieK.'

September 1998: A source called "Agent 4125" recently sent his negative review of Brent V. Friedman's script draft to some of the top movie pages online, click below to read it (spoilers):

May 7th 1998: The Croft Times recently reported some rumors on the casting of this upcoming movie. Paramount supposedly considers former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith for the role of Lara. Let's all hope this is just a rumour, I just can't see Anna Nicole Smith as Lara Croft.

March 17th 1998: It seems like Paramount Pictures will be the studio behind this upcoming movie version of the computer game "Tomb Raider." Lawrence Gordon ("48 Hours") will be producing. For more info, check out The Croft Times web site.

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