TOMB RAIDER MOVIE
KICKS OFF
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[ August 1st 2000 ]
As principal
photography begins on the Tomb Raider movie at
Pinewood, an official press release reveals that
more members of the cast have been joining Angelina
on the production, reports movie magazine Empire
Online. Empire also reports that according to
an article on Dark Horizons, the internet-movie
rumour-mill site, Scottish actor Iain Glen has
been cast as the movies villain Powell, 'an adversary
of Lara Croft's father, Lord Croft, and now Lara's
sworn enemy'.
Glen
is joined by Leslie Philips who will be playing
Wilson, 'a former admirer of Lord Croft who has
now turned against him and joined forces with
Powell'. Shooting began on location in London
today on a former 007 sound stage which will house
the Croft Mansion with location shootings from
Cambodia and iceland.
There
are no confirmed reports on whether Lara Croft
actress Angelina Jolie has arrived on set at time
of posting. Tomb Raider The Movie is due for release
Summer 2001.
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