Hot on the heels of Prime Video's Fallout and HBO's The Last of Us, Netflix is gearing up for an upcoming anime-style adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game series. The latest update on the iconic video game heroine includes a release date and a new trailer for her upcoming animated adventure.
Netflix's official YouTube channel recently released a new trailer, watch it below, and confirmed the release date for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft. The anime-style series will premiere on October 10, 2024. Hayley Atwell, best known for playing Agent Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will play Lara Croft in the Netflix animated series. Other voices include Earl Baylon as Jonah Maiava and Allen Maldonado as Zip. This will be Zip's first appearance in a new Tomb Raider project since Tomb Raider: Underworld released in 2008.
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Netflix's official description of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft reads: “The animated series TOMB RAIDER: THE LEGEND OF LARA CROFT takes place after the events of the highly successful Tomb Raider video game trilogy (Tomb Raider; Rise of the Tomb Raider) ;Shadow of the Tomb Raider), and will chart the next chapter of the world-traveling heroine as the iconic adventurer. More than 25 years after her first appearance, Lara Croft (voiced by Hayley Atwell) continues to uncover ancient mysteries and discover lost truths through stunning and breathtaking sights. dangerous destinations.”
The new Tomb Raider will bridge the 2013 reboot and the original PlayStation game
Further details about the Tomb Raider animated series are still scarce, but the show will bridge the gap between the 2013 reboot series and the original PlayStation games. Tasha Huo (The Witcher: Blood Origin) is credited as showrunner. Powerhouse Animation Studios, the Texas-based animation studio behind Masters of the Universe, Skull Island and Castlevania: Nocturne, is behind the film's production. The Legend of Lara Croft is not connected to Amazon's upcoming Tomb Raider live-action series produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
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Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft's fall release date comes after streaming services like Max, Prime Video and NBC's Peacock have found success with television adaptations of the game series. video games like The Last of Us, Fallout and Twisted Metal. Netflix also enjoyed huge success with the anime-like Castlevania TV series that debuted in 2017. The streaming giant has kept the momentum going with the Sonic Prime TV series and the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off-influenced anime of video games. A new anime adaptation of Studio Mir's Devil May Cry video game series (X-Men '97) is also currently in the works for Netflix.
Tomb Raider
The franchise follows Lara Croft, a fictional archaeologist, as she travels around the world on epic quests in search of ancient artifacts.
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First movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Upcoming TV show Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Video games) Lara Croft Go, Lara Croft: Relic Run, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered starring Lara Croft
Source: Netflix
