Since 1996, Lara Croft has been experiencing exciting adventures in the Tomb Raider games, which have been repeated several times Gates of Hollywood have knocked. The most famous film adaptation to date dates back to the 2000s: Angelina Jolie took on the role of the action heroine twice before a reboot followed a decade later.
This time Ex Machina star Alicia Vikander starred as Lara Croft. After one film, the treasure hunt was over again. Now Netflix is taking the Tomb Raider scepter into its hands and is closing in on the new animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft latest trilogy in the video game series to.
New adventures with Lara Croft: Netflix’s Tomb Raider series continues the acclaimed video game trilogy
While the live-action adaptations tend to adopt loose details from the video games, this is the first time we’re dealing with one actual continuation to do with a well-known story. With Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Legend of the Tomb Raider, three outstanding Lara Croft games were released between 2013 and 2018. The Netflix series is now telling the next chapter with a “new” Lara Croft.
You can watch the trailer for The Legend of Lara Croft here:
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft – S01 Trailer (German) HD
After Angelina Jolie and Alica Vikander, she takes over as Agent Carter from the Marvel Cinematic Universe Hayley Atwell played the role of the iconic adventurer who prefers to make her way through eerie ruins with a bow and arrow. However, Hayley does not appear in front of the camera, but instead lends her voice to Lara Croft.
In the German dubbed version we get to hear the Austrian actress Anja Stadlober, who you may know as the German voice of Emma Stone. In the original, Lara Croft was voiced by Camilla Luddington in the original and in the dub by Nora Tschirner (part 1) and Maria Koschny (parts 2 and 3).
Netflix’s Tomb Raider series features two familiar names behind the scenes
The creative mind behind Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is Tasha Huo, who is well versed in the implementation of Action, fantasy and adventure material knows. Not only was she one of the authors of The Witcher: Blood Origin. Huo is also in a leading position in the upcoming Red Sonja reboot.
Meanwhile, the animations come from the studio Powerhouse animationwhich has already produced a successful video game adaptation for Netflix: Castlevania. The series Masters of the Universe: Revelation and Skull Island, which are based on the streamer, also emerged from the successful animation company.
Now you can immerse yourself in the world of Lara Croft. Eight episodes with a running length of around 30 minutes await you on Netflix.