1936.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - SIMON WEST SET FOR HIGH SEAS

Script writers Scribes Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring look set to enjoy a seven-figure pay-check and secure a retainer for a sequel after selling their epic war drama Black Flag to Warner Brothers with Lara Croft: Tomb Raider director Simon West attached to direct, Variety reports today.

Last Updated: Sep 21, 2001  

1937.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - LARA CROFT TO BOND EMPLOYEES

The management at Land Rover's Birmingham plant have devised a devilishly new scheme to bond its 11,000 employees into a closer, more adhesive unit - a free ticket to see Paramount Pictures Lara Croft: Tomb Raider motion picture, The Times reports today.

Last Updated: Sep 20, 2001  

1938.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - STARLET LARA FLOUNDERS CATALOGUE

Lara Croft's summer cinematic debut failed to boost sales of Eidos's back catalogue of Tomb Raider computer games, the company said as it announced its quarterly results yesterday. Finance director Stuart Cruickshank said revenues from old Tomb Raider games which star Lara Croft, had improved after the film was released in the United States in June, but he added that the improvement was not material.

Last Updated: Sep 20, 2001  

1939.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - TOMB RAIDER FALLS TO #47

Paramount Pictures Lara Croft: Tomb Raider video-game adaptation, snatching just $86,022 in ticket sales revenue last week, dropped nine places to forty seven at the North American Box Office during the September 14-16 weekend.

Last Updated: Sep 16, 2001  

1940.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - BRITNEY TARGETS CONSOLE GENRE

Teenage bubble-gum queen Britney Spears is aiming to displace Core Design's hapless archaeologist Lara Croft from the video-game pedestal after signing a deal with computer games manufacturer THQ, People Magazine reports today.

Last Updated: Sep 15, 2001