The future film by tomb raider has finally found its new writer and director and it comes to Misha Green, already known for her successful series made for the American channel HBO. The showrunner thus makes her leap from small to large screen, taking up the opportunity to be able to make her debut in cinema.
Sequel to the most recent Tomb Raider, released in theaters in 2018, will see again Alicia Vikander play the role of a young woman Lara Croft. Found the producers Graham King ed Elizabeth Cantillion, the choice of the director was just missing to be able to start in the fifth with the making of the film, abruptly interrupted after the director Ben Wheatly left the project in 2019, shortly after it was announced.
Misha Green began her career as one of the pens who contributed to the script of the television series Heroes and Sons of Anarchy, coming to produce the science fiction show Helix of 2014. Later he created together with Joe Pokaski the drama series Underground, critically acclaimed but abandoned after the second season. Currently, however, Green has made herself known even to the most for being the executive producer of the new series of HBO: Lovecraft Country - The land of demons, working together with big names like Jordan Peele e J.J. Abrams, executive producers of the title. The series draws on the novel of the same name written by Matt ruff, with actors like Courtney B. Vance, Jurnee Smollett e Jonathan Majors in the role of the protagonist: Atticus Freeman. The show aired during 2020 on the US channel and proved to be a success, with a top-rated final episode of the season, according to Variety.
The 2018 Tomb Raider film, directed by the Norwegian director Roar Uthaug, talked about the origins of Lara Croft, inspired by the video game trilogy developed by Crystal Dynamics. In this sequel we will therefore see how the story will continue with Misha Green now leading the project, after a somewhat limping start in 2019. Currently There is still no release date and no production date for Tomb Raider 2, so we just have to wait for developments in this regard.
