-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
The Wrap: ‘Tomb Raider’ Bidding War Erupts as MGM Loses Movie Rights
- Thread starter Furisu
- Start date
Tomb Raider movie rights. 🤷♂️ Who cares, they can still make a new game. It's not like the lawsuit with Friday the 13th where no single piece of content could be made.
List of Tomb Raider media - Wikipedia
Sounds like development was a mess if MGM just gave up on it.
In another dimension, she was Black Widow :(
I feel like it's one of those things where if it's genuinely good it could do gangbusters. Like, Sonic, Mad Max, and Top Gun weren't super relevant to the general public (to various degrees) but when you get a new film that's actually good, that + the name recognition could be huge. Especially since Lara could partially fill the Indy void when the final movie is out next year.
Right, a licence is beneficial to some extent but just being a good / crowd pleasing movie is the key component. If you can nail a film, the IP and film will turbocharge each other.
Sony already has Uncharted so it makes sense they weren't interested and Microsoft is in the middle of another acquisition so they couldn't bid. I think of the choices Embracer isn't the worst tbh at least those studios have a better home now.
So Tomb Raider IP is still popular. Still find it surprising neither Sony nor MS went for Square Enix West.
MS particularly, what with their tie up with CD, and getting an Uncharted rival.
MS particularly, what with their tie up with CD, and getting an Uncharted rival.
Yeah I definitely feel there always room for a daring action adventure, quality + name recognition with millennials could be a recipe for success indeed. Just need a good film!
Like they already said here: Sony can dig up Uncharted any time they want, there is no need to buy the IP or studio attached to it; Microsoft is closing in on the ActiBlizz deal, they could not risk gettin into another acquisition.
Basically it was about timing, if they sale was after Microsoft closed the ActiBlizz deal, they probably would've surely bought that whole thing for $300M, like in a flash.
The studio that get it will probably want someone that is younger than 25 right now so they can have a trilogy or something like that before the actress hits 30 or get too far into her 30s.
Uncharted can fill that.
Tom Crusie is one of the most bankable stars in action movies and Sonic is a lot bigger than Tomb Raider.
Either can, they just need a movie that's really good to (my understanding was the last outings in theatres for the two franchises were 'meh').
Well if Tomb Raider movies are up in the air Uncharted is most likely going to be the first to try.
I want the same thing from a film reboot as Tomb Raider as I want for the next Tomb Raider game: a returned to a more colorful and lighthearted globetrotting adventure that moves away from the strange desire to turn Tomb Raider into gloomy and gritty survival stories.
Strange to see both the game series and the movies now in position to both be rebooted.
They have the opportunity to align the character/actor and make something consistent across both if they want. Not saying it's a good idea, just interesting if someone has a combined vision for the whole franchise.
I enjoyed the 2018 movie and would liked to have seen a proper sequel with Alicia Vikander.
They have the opportunity to align the character/actor and make something consistent across both if they want. Not saying it's a good idea, just interesting if someone has a combined vision for the whole franchise.
I enjoyed the 2018 movie and would liked to have seen a proper sequel with Alicia Vikander.
I wish we got the Ben Wheatley sequel. That sounded like such a weird fit, I was real curious what it'd end up being.
Have you really never noticed that people start threads of game adaptation stuff over here lol
If no one wanted it, then there wouldn't be a bidding war
He's working on The Meg 2, which is even more of an... interesting fit.
Then I guess I don't understand the point of your comment. You seem to imply the bidding won't go high, meaning there isn't much demand. Not sure what else you could mean there
That they won't pay much money, exactly what my first comment said.
So yeah…you said exactly what I thought, but then said you didn't?
That can also turn out like Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.
?
Not paying much money != people is not interested
It means the price is low, because the rest of films haven't done much money.