2236.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - LARA CROFT TO SHOOT IN ICELAND

The cast and crew of Tomb Raider The Movie, based on Eidos Interactives action adventure heroine Lara Croft, are expected to travel to Jokulsarslon on it's Iceland leg of filming. Jokulsarslon is a reservoir under a glacier where various films and commercials are shot, and according to rumours and images published in it's local paper, the set itself appears to be dressed as a native village.

Last Updated: Sep 8, 2000  

2237.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - TOMB RAIDER NEXT GENERATION UPDATE

While no real official word has fed the growing appetite of gamers across the globe, Tomb Raider Next Generation is finding it's way onto forums across the web, with speculation and rumour painting a very different picture of Lara Croft and her new adventure and direction. This taken from the official Eidos Interactive forums: Lara’s back, this time with a ton of attitude, a longer ponytail, a more detailed body, facial features and aimed at a entirely new age group. These are the very first details of the Sony Play Station 2 version of the game, and you should prepare yourself for Lara as you’ve never seen her before.

Last Updated: Sep 5, 2000  

2238.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - NEXT GENERATION FOR LARA CROFT

Tomb Raider: Next Generation, both for PS2 and PC, will foster an entirely new set of adventures that move far from Lara's original tomb raiding. Set inside a large, underlying story, the new game will be released in what will be called chapters or episodes, making three, four, even five TR titles available within a year. Like a television or comic book series, the game will be segmented into more detailed sequences with a possible season finale to tide people over until the next year.

Last Updated: Sep 1, 2000  

2239.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - RICHARD BLACKWOOD REJECTS MOVIE

TV star Richard Blackwood tells Popcorn that he's been turning down some high-profile movie offers to concentrate on his music career. I've had two movie offers, the Channel 4 star reveals, I had 'The Mummy 2' and I had 'Tomb Raider'. It was really weird, because I always wanted to do movies - and I still do - but it's my music [career] that's stopping me. Blackwood claims that the producers wanted him to play Lara Croft's assistant in 'Tomb Raider', and it's this part in particular that he regrets having to reject . I would've had a big part - [the character] is a mad scientist - and you could just make it really funny. I was thinking, 'That's the one', and I couldn't do it because of my music commitments.

Last Updated: Sep 1, 2000  

2240.   Tomb Raider Chronicles - ANGKOR WAT MAY PLAY HOST TO LARA

Cambodia's fabled Angkor Wat temple complex may take center stage in a new Hollywood movie based on the popular Tomb Raider video game and starring actress Angelina Jolie, according to a report today. Jolie and a 250-strong crew from Paramount Pictures could arrive as soon as next month in the northern town of Siem Reap to begin filming at the 9th-12th century temples surrounded by jungle, the Phnom Penh Post newspaper said. Officially there is not yet any agreement, but I hope that the filming can take place, said Ang Choulean, who is spokesman for the Apsara Authority which oversees conservation at the world heritage site.

Last Updated: Sep 1, 2000