1651.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - FRENCH FILM-MAKER HEADS TO CAMBODIA

Renowned French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud, who directed Seven Years in Tibet, will start shooting a feature film in Cambodia later this year for which he will import 20 tiger cubs from Europe, officials said. Two Brothers, a story about two orphaned tiger cubs, is set in a South Asian jungle in the 1920s. Filming will begin in October and last five months, making it the largest foreign movie project yet in Cambodia, said Som Sokun, a Culture Ministry official.

Last Updated: Sep 5, 2002  

1652.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - EIDOS ANNOUNCES NARROWING OP LOSSES

London-based Tomb Raider publishers Eidos Interactive have reduced their operating losses by 35.1% after announcing a narrowing pre-tax loss before goodwill charges and exceptional items of £30.65 million from £111.72 million in the fifteen months to June 2002. The company also changed its year-end from March to June at an AGM in December.

Last Updated: Sep 4, 2002  

1653.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - HANDS ON REPORT FROM GREEK SEQUEL SET

Following a grueling week of filming on the sun-drenched Aegean Sea island of Santorini recording scenes for Paramount Pictures Tomb Raider movie sequel, Greek newspaper-man Sgkral sends us this report from the set via our online community at tombraiderforums.com

Last Updated: Sep 3, 2002  

1654.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - ORIENTAL SHOOTING FOR MOVIE SEQUEL

The production crew on Paramount Pictures Tomb Raider movie sequel will relocate to Wan Chai, Mongkok and Hong Kong next year to shoot several action scenes for The Cradle Of Life. According to the government's Film Services Office: about half of the film will be shot in the territory. Approximately 50 production people from overseas will be working closely with a hundred local crew members in the project.

Last Updated: Aug 31, 2002  

1655.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - NEW FILM RATING FOR UNDER TWELVES

The 12 rating for films is to be scrapped and replaced with a new category allowing younger children to see them, the British Board of Film Classification announced today. Under the new 12A rating, children under that age will be allowed into cinemas as long as they are accompanied by an adult.

Last Updated: Aug 28, 2002