New Tomb Raider Movie Confirmed - Will Angelina Jolie Return?
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- Published on Thursday, 28 March 2013 05:37
- Written by Entertainment Wise
Fans of Lara Croft will see the rebooted heroine of the 'Survivor' game in a cinema soon...Tomb Raider fans everywhere will be delighted to hear that Lara Croft is be set to return to the silver screen in the not-so-distant future - but it seems unlikely Angelina Jolie will return to the role, as the film is set to focus on the "new Lara" of the Survivor reboot.The official Tomb Raider fansite posted a press release from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios on their Facebook earllier this evening, revealing that the "names Croft, Lara Croft. MGM and GKFilms [will] team up for the next Tomb Raider Movie" How exciting! Gary Barber, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MGM, revealed that he is very excited to be working on the new Tomb Raider film, for which development "will begin immediately":“Graham is one of the premier producers in this industry and I am delighted to be working with him on this exciting franchise. We look forward to developing more projects together in the future.”Graham King, who will serve as producer and developer, also seemed similarly excited about brining the rebooted Tomb Raider franchise to the silver screen:“I am thrilled to partner with Gary and his MGM team on rebooting this successful TOMB RAIDER film franchise. The enthusiasm over the recent game release is very encouraging and we can’t wait to bring it to the big screen.” No casting has been announced, but it's safe to assume that Angelina Jolie will NOT be reprising her role as Lara Croft for the film; after all, the Lara seen in Survivor is only 21 years old.Laurie Scudder, who runs official fansite Survivor Reborn, has a theory that Gemma Arterton could have a shot!"A lot of people say they think that the voice actress, Camilla Luddington, should have a shot, but I'm really not a fan, as she can just about do a British accent! If I had to pick, then I would say Gemma Arterton." Who would YOU like to see bag the part of Lara Croft in the new film?
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Angelina Jolie teams up with the Coen brothers
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 05:20
- Written by Entertainment Wise
Joel and Ethan Coen have signed on to work on Angelina Jolie’s next project, EW confirmed Monday. The Oscar-winning screenwriters (Adapted for No Country For Old Men, and Original for Fargo), have agreed to rewrite the script for a film about Lou Zamperini, a former Olympian who was captured by the Japanese Navy while serving as an Air Force pilot in World War II. Jolie will direct. The script will be based on Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling 2010 novel Unbroken, but the idea of a Zamperini project has been in the works for decades, with versions by screenwriters such as William Nicholson (Gladiator) and Richard LaGravanese (The Bridges of Madison County). After Zamperini’s B-24 crashed in the Pacific, he and two crew mates (one died at sea) survived on a tiny raft for 47 days, only to be taken prisoner and held in a Japanese internment camp for two and a half years. Assumed to be dead, Zamperini received a hero’s welcome upon his return to the United States and later returned to Japan to carry the Olympic torch at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, not far from where he had been imprisoned during WWII. This will be Jolie’s first narrative feature since In The Land of Blood And Honey, her directorial debut. The Coen brothers, meanwhile, are best known for their success writing and directing their own projects – though they have written scripts for other directors, including Michael Hoffman’s Gambit, with Alan Rickman and Cameron Diaz, which should be released in the United States sometime in 2013. Regardless, this is an interesting, high-profile partnership on a story that seems to have awards potential written all over it.
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Angelina Jolie mentoring Elle Fanning
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- Published on Monday, 25 February 2013 05:48
- Written by Contact Music
Angelina Jolie has allegedly decided to take young rising star Elle Fanning under her wing on the Maleficent set and the pair are hoping to develop a project together in the future.Angelina Jolie is mentoring Elle Fanning.The 37-year-old actress was so impressed with her 14-year-old 'Maleficent' co-star that she has decided to take her under her wing and hopes to work with her in the future.A source told Star magazine: ''They became firm friends on the set of 'Maleficent' and Angie's decided to take Elle under her wing.''In this film Elle really comes into her own and they're looking for another project to develop together.''Angelina has also been looking after her own daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt - who she has with fiancé Brad Pitt - and reportedly ensured her four-year-old tot received a hefty salary for her small role in the film.Vivienne plays a younger version Elle's character Princess Aurora in the live-action film.Her older siblings Pax, nine, and eight-year-old Zahara have also won roles.A source close to the set previously said: ''They have smaller parts.''
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Angelina Jolie: 'I liked killing Lara Croft in Tomb Raider video game'
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 January 2013 13:03
- Written by Digital Spy
Angelina Jolie has revealed that she used to enjoy killing Lara Croft when playing the Tomb Raider video game.The actress, who played the iconic character in 2001's Tomb Raider movie and its sequel Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, said she liked the way Croft sounded when she died in the game.Jolie told Total Film that she initially disliked the virtual character, but changed her mind when she realised Lara Croft could be a good role model."I only eventually [played the role] because it's about a very strong woman," she said. "It was exposing, but in a way where I thought, 'I really like what she represents as a woman', and so if I'm exposed in that way it's okay." She added: "When I agreed to play her, I didn't realise how much of an icon she was. There are magazines on where she went to school, and the music she liked... it's very bizarre!" The latest Tomb Raider movie to be made is from Bollywood. Jolie's directional debut In the Land of Blood and Honey will be released later in the year.
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Angelina Jolie : “I didn’t set out to ever become a director”
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- Published on Monday, 21 January 2013 11:50
- Written by Total Film
"You can read the full discussion in the brand new issue of Total Film (available for just £1.99 on your iPad), but here’s a sneaky snippet of what Jolie had to say about her directorial debut In The Land Of Blood And Honey, a brutal love story set during the Bosnian war.When we asked what drew the Oscar-winning actress to directing the film, she told us:“I didn’t set out to ever become a director or write a script. I was never intending to make a film. I often give myself homework on different things; it’s good exercise to get your mind working. So I was very frustrated by the lack of intervention.“I’ve been travelling for over 10 years to these conflict and post-conflict zones, and thinking about what happens to people when they live inside these situations, and how their humanity is just stripped apart.“I spent so much of the time bringing people back - like they’re in the refugee camp and returning them to the place where they faced war.“So I wanted to have a meditation on what this is and how people who are neighbours can turn against each other.” In The Land Of Blood And Honey will open in the UK in 2013.For much more from Angelina Jolie, pick up Total Film magazine issue 203 - which is out now!
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