Amazon reportedly wants Tomb Raider to be a ‘Marvel-like franchise’

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Amazon reportedly aspires to turn Tomb Raider into a “Marvel-like franchise” spanning interconnected game, film and TV releases.

In December, Amazon Games announced that it will publish the next Tomb Raider game.

And according to The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon is also bankrolling a new Tomb Raider film and TV show, with the latter being written by Fleabag Emmy winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

A source said to be familiar with the company’s plans claimed Tomb Raider was one of the largest commitments at Amazon after its investment in its Lord of the Rings TV series, The Rings of Power.

The site claims Amazon has teamed with dj2 Entertainment for a blockbuster rights deal to make a new Tomb Raider movie.

dj2, which co-produced the Sonic the Hedgehog films, is also working on Netflix’s Tomb Raider anime series, and adaptations of games including Life is Strange, Disco Elysium, Sleeping Dogs, Little Nightmares and It Takes Two.

While Waller-Bridge is reportedly attached to write the Tomb Raider TV series, it’s claimed she’s not involved in the upcoming film or game.

Announcing its game publishing plans last month, Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann called Tomb Raider “one of the most beloved IPs in entertainment history”.

The next series entry is being developed by Embracer-owned studio Crystal Dynamics and will be built alongside Amazon “from development all the way through publishing”.

Hartmann said Amazon is “committed to bringing players games of the highest quality, from the best developers, across all variety of platforms and genres”.

In April 2022, Crystal Dynamics announced that the next Tomb Raider game had entered development using Unreal Engine 5.

Tomb Raider franchise general manager Dallas Dickinson said the studio’s goal with the game was “to push the envelope of fidelity and to deliver the high quality cinematic action-adventure experience that fans deserve”.

Crystal Dynamics has also said Lara Croft’s next adventure will “unify” the timelines in Core Design’s original Tomb Raider games and its own reboot trilogy.



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FrogPosted:

CalicoReidso let's roll all over the money this will bring


I'm not entirely sure it would. I think it crashing and burning is quite a real possibility. Since it's Amazon doing it, I hope it is haha

FrogPosted:

Runts If they go about it right it could be pretty big but it won't be marvel like lmao. Maybe terminator or predator like or more on those levels.


Yeah I agree, it could never reach those levels.

ReidsoPosted:

let's roll all over the money this will bring

RuntsPosted:

If they go about it right it could be pretty big but it won't be marvel like lmao. Maybe terminator or predator like or more on those levels.

JenPosted:

Heck ya can't wait seee it and play it lmao lfg

FrogPosted:

We gonna drain every last bit of life outta it!
We got a a new video game, TV series and movie incoming!


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