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FRANCHISE PRODUCER
DISMISSES THIRD PIC
Copyright 2004 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ April 5th 2004 ]
Lloyd
Levin says maybe, Chris Barrie says maybe, but
franchise producer Lawrence Gordon has driven
a final nail in the coffin of a third Tomb Raider
motion picture during an interview on the set
of Hellboy. "I don't think the financiers will
do it," he tells Sun Times. "I don't think the
last film did the business we expected. Of course,
I'd love to do another one. Angelina Jolie is
perfect as Lara Croft."
Academy
Award winner Angelina Jolie - who plays video-game
heroine Lara Croft - had already dismissed a concluding
picture during an interview in March. "I just
don't feel like I need to do another one, because
I felt very happy with the last one. It was the
one that we really wanted to do. In the first
one, I was kind of frustrated, but I was trying
something new, and then with the second one, I
felt like that's how we wanted to do it."
Back
in Feb 2004, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle
Of Life producer Lloyd Levin said international
returns were more than respectable enough to ensure
Paramount bankroll a final chapter in the planned
Tomb Raider motion picture trilogy despite domestic
indifference. Speculation was then supported by
Chris Barrie, the British actor who plays Lara
Croft's fussing butler Hillary, during a recent
interview with The Sun. "There is a third Tomb
Raider film on the slate and I'm hoping Hillary
will be back. The perfect storyline would be that
Hillary turns out to be both the arch-baddie and
Lara's love interest! Although I'm not sure how
Angelina would feel about that."
Perhaps
Rimmer can interface with Starbug then, Chris?
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