They’re not official, but the first on-set pics have emerged of Alicia Vikander as fledgling archaeologist Lara Croft in next year’s Tomb Raider. British tabloid, the Daily Mail sneaked some shots of Vikander working on an action scene in which the aristocrat-turned-adventurer must haul herself up onto a plane wing and run along it. Despite having bound wrists.
It all looks very much like the gritty 2013 video game reboot, right down to Vikander’s kinda-cosplay dress. So sorry to anyone expecting the busty, shorts-wearing version of the game icon – or a copy of Angelina Jolie’s Lara from those silly/terrible movies from the early Noughties.
For the record, Tomb Raider is shooting in the Western Cape, South Africa from January through March. Cape Town Film Studios, a quarry on a Paarl wine estate (converted into a tented mining camp) and a private beach outside Plettenberg Bay are all being used for the production. This is according to a Weekend Argus article that appeared online. The article has since been pulled, but you can still read it in cached form here. Sshhhhhh.
Acclaimed Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug directs Tomb Raider. Much like the 2013 game, the upcoming movie is being positioned as an origin story. In it, an inexperienced but determined Lara Croft heads off to uncover the truth about the death of her disgraced archaeologist father (Dominic West). In the process, she ends up in a desperate fight for survival. As reported earlier, Walter Goggins is the movie’s Big Bad. Meanwhile, the film seems to have swapped out the Japanese mythology of the 2013 game for a Chinese angle instead.
Tomb Raider releases on 16 March 2018. Next time we’ll get to properly see Vikander’s svelte Tomb Raider bod is when the Oscar winner presents at at this year’s Academy Awards on 26 February.
Last Updated: February 7, 2017
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 7, 2017 at 12:07
I hate her. She has better looking arms than I do. :/
Ottokie
February 7, 2017 at 12:11
Doctors hate her!. See why this girl has better arms than you!
Captain JJ
February 7, 2017 at 12:35
XD
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 7, 2017 at 13:11
No link in your comment? Clickbait fail!
Captain JJ
February 7, 2017 at 12:35
I don’t think it’s just the arms.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 7, 2017 at 13:10
You shut up, Cleo!
Captain JJ
February 7, 2017 at 13:11
Heehee. Haven’t heard that in a while
Matthew Holliday
February 7, 2017 at 13:29
Natalie Portmans with instagram fitness model arms.
Much wow.
Very excite.
Craig "CrAiGiSh" Dodd
February 7, 2017 at 12:16
Meh …
Dutch Matrix
February 7, 2017 at 12:22
She does not look like the real Lara, and by this I mean she looks like Tomb Raider REboot game Lara. And we all know the real Lara has Kilimanjaro boobs!
*Ducks rocks thrown by Noelle…
Captain JJ
February 7, 2017 at 12:34
I’m glad they left that behind. Now she’s actually a believable character.
Dutch Matrix
February 7, 2017 at 12:37
Yes. Because in a game that I end up fighting dinosaurs, mirror images of myself, the undead, gorillas, tigers and Lara knows what else, the first thing I do is check the boobs of a video game character for realism.
I am sorry. I miss the days when games where an escape from reality instead of trying so hard to mirror it.
Captain JJ
February 7, 2017 at 12:40
I didn’t say the game was believable. Just the character. And I really don’t see the appeal of big breasts. But maybe that’s just me.
Dutch Matrix
February 7, 2017 at 12:46
To each his own man! I love big breasts. I made peace with that. You like them smaller. I won’t judge! Much…
Original Heretic
February 7, 2017 at 12:30
Noelle is writing about her spirit animal.
Admiral Chief
February 7, 2017 at 12:32
xD
Dutch Matrix
February 7, 2017 at 12:34
Wrong. We all know Noelle is actually the inspiration behind Lara.
Original Heretic
February 7, 2017 at 12:40
Says the guy who said she’s supposed to have Kilimanjaro boobs.
Nee jong, jy praat net kak.
Dutch Matrix
February 7, 2017 at 12:45
Verkeerd. Ek SOEK net k@k. 😛 Moenie my ernstig opvat nie. Jou hart sal dit nie maak nie. XD
Original Heretic
February 7, 2017 at 12:47
Kyk wie’s nou verkeerd. Ja jong, dis jy.
En hoekom is jy verkeerd? Want ek vat jou nie in engie way nie!
I prefer taco to hot dog, sorry Dutchy.
Dutch Matrix
February 7, 2017 at 12:51
Whatever floats your boat.
Original Heretic
February 7, 2017 at 12:53
But…but… I don’t have a boat. *cries in corner*
Dutch Matrix
February 7, 2017 at 12:57
Ek sou vir jou ‘n tissue gegee het maar ek het nie ‘n hart nie.
Original Heretic
February 7, 2017 at 12:59
Dis alraait, ek kan nie eintlik trane huil nie. Ek maak net die hartseer geluide.
Captain JJ
February 7, 2017 at 12:33
Angelina Jolie was near impossible to imagine actually being Lara Croft. I’m really looking forward to this.
miaau
February 7, 2017 at 14:30
i thought she was pretty cool. I liked her smiles, enigmatic, full of promise and yet innocent, all at the same time.
Dresden
February 8, 2017 at 01:40
Glad to see I’m not alone on this opinion.
Kromas Ryder
February 7, 2017 at 13:06
Now we wait for the trailer.
Captain JJ
February 7, 2017 at 13:07
“This just in. Footage of Lara being forced into fast moving water.”
Kromas Ryder
February 7, 2017 at 13:37
I will gladly jump in and save her.
But most likely she will have to save me.
CPR FTW!
Graeme Norval
February 7, 2017 at 13:36
Roar Uthaug sounds like the protagonist from a 13 year old’s barbarian story.