In Tomb Raider’s New Trailer, Lara Croft Is Again to Her Previous Self

Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider franchise is taking two attention-grabbing roads because it’s bought a model new recreation within the works. On one aspect of issues, the live-action sequence courtesy of Phoebe Waller-Bridge has lately moved forward over at Prime Video. And on the opposite, extra instant finish, there’s Netflix’s Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, scheduled to drop in October and searching considerably like a blast from the previous.

The brand new present comes courtesy of Castlevania studio Powerhouse Animation and stars Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning’s Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft. On this story set after the occasions of the reboot trilogy from the 2010s, Lara’s ditched her buddies to run solo as an adventurer. Whereas taking up more and more troublesome jobs, she finds herself on a brand new hunt after a thief’s damaged into Croft Manor to steal an outdated Chinese language artifact. The artifact’s not simply outdated, it’s additionally harmful, so it falls on her to do what she does finest and save the world from peril.

Legend could also be in the identical continuity as these video games, but it surely’s trying extra like a globetrotting, action-packed affair. The truth is, it looks as if this Lara is changing into extra like her authentic incarnation as an alternative of getting crushed round by gravity and nature each different step. Whereas there’s elements of the reboots that’ve carried over, like her pickaxe and bow and arrow, and her trusty buddy Jonah (Earl Baylon), there’s a particular change within the air. Right here, she’s using bikes, skydiving, and blasting a shotgun in midair just like the hypercompetent hero followers initially cherished.

Netflix will premiere Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft on October 10.

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