CAMERAS ROLLING
ON TOMB RAIDER II
Copyright 2002 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ July 17th 2002 ]
Stephen
Jaggs, managing director of Britain's Pinewood
Studios and the auspicious home of Europe's largest
sound stage, has confirmed filming has begun on
Paramount Pictures Tomb Raider movie sequel during
a lavish Hollywood celebration heralding 90 years
of film-making by Paramount.
Commenting
on the prosperous relationship between Pinewood
Studios and Paramount Pictures, Jaggs said: "They
[Paramount] are undoubtedly one of the most important
film studios in the history of American film-making
and along with Disney, MGM, Fox, Columbia, Universal
and 20th Century make up the big seven. We have
recently worked with them on the Mission Impossible
films and are currently filming Tomb Raider Two.
We have enjoyed a long and super relationship
with Paramount."
Tomb
Raider II, tentatively named The Cradle Of Life
[working title], will also shoot on location in
China and Africa with Speed director Jan de Bont
helming the Lara Croft franchise vehicle. Former
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie returns as buxom British
gunslinger Lara Croft sent on a perilous mission
to rescue the world from the exploits of an evil
Chinese crime syndicate led by oriental crime
lord Chen Lo.
The original
Simon West-helmed video-game adaptation garnered
more than $230 million in revenue worldwide, coining
$48 million during its domestic opening weekend
and remains the highest ever box-office earner
for a female-driven movie. That married with 30
million unit sales of a video-game featuring the
most successful female character in the history
of the industry produces the perfect ingredients
for a second indelible mark on the silver screen
and the Paramount bankroll.
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