‘Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’: what we know about the Netflix animated series

Since its debut in 1996 with the video game Tomb Raider, Lara Croft She managed to become one of the most famous female protagonists in the history of video games. Today, heroin could be considered the equivalent Indiana Jones in this format as her archaeological adventures around the world brought her face to face with animals, monsters and more.

to date box In video games, she was rebooted three times and starred in a total of 19 titles. With such a path, it is no wonder that there are still attempts to bring its rich universe to various formats and Netflix won’t be left behind. A little more than three years since its announcement, in the month of October, the giant of the streaming will throw Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft), a series that will feature the rise of the iconic heroine. This new adaptation of the franchise will be in an animated format, joining a recent list of titles inspired by video games, including the new Castlevania: Nocturne and Devil May Cry.

Cast, plot, people involved and more, today Damn morons We will review what we know about the return Lara Croft.

This co-production Legendary images and Crystal dynamics for service streaming It has notable names in front of and behind the cameras. Actress Hayley Atwellwho used to play Agent Carter in it Marvel Cinematic Universe and that was part of the last part Mission: Impossibleis in charge of voicing the protagonist. A role that was in the hands of the film works Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander. In addition Atwelladvice Netflix contains voices Allen Maldonado (zipper) a the Earl of Baylonwho assumes his role as Jonah Maiava video games.

The animation was responsible Animation Powerhousea company she already worked with Netflix formerly in names like Castlevania and Masters of the Universe. Tasha Huoscriptwriter The Witcher: Dawn of Bloodis showrunner and screenwriter in charge of the project while Joey Soloway from Transparent He was in charge of directing.

months ago Huh confirmed that the series will take place in pre-existing continuity. According to the creative, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will serve as a bridge between the trilogy restart from 2013 and the adventures of the original Lara trilogy. This presumably means that the series will take place after the events of what is known as the trilogy. Survive and before the start of the main series.

According to its official synopsis: “After the events of the Survivor Series, Lara Croft left her friends to embark on increasingly dangerous adventures alone. But he must return home when a dangerous and powerful Chinese artifact is stolen from Croft Manor by a thief with a confusing personal connection. Her daring pursuit takes her on an adventure around the world and into the depths of forgotten tombs, where she will be forced to confront her true self and decide what kind of hero she wants to be..

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is just one of several titles in development focusing on the popular video game franchise. Amazon announced early last year that it was working on not one, but two projects in hopes of building a cinematic universe around the IP. The first is a new series from the creator flea, Phoebe Waller-Bridgeand the second is a brand new movie that shows we’re going to have a lot more Lara Croft in the near future.

for now Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft lands in the catalog Netflix next Thursday, October 10.