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‘Tomb Raider’ Reboot Finds a Disastrous Director
Roar Uthaug, the director of the Norwegian disaster film The Wave (review), has been locked down to direct a reboot of Tomb Raider, the adventure action film that’s based off the video game series of the same name. Also, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, who co-penned Transformers 5, has been tapped to write the screenplay, according to THR.
The last time we saw Lara Croft grace the silver screen was 2003’s Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, which was critically panned and didn’t generate as much revenue as the original 2001 film.
While the original films were based on the older series of Tomb Raider games, I’m hoping that this reboot will have more of the newer games’ feel, which is serious, epic, and a bit more grounded in reality. Plus, the new games are simply tons of fun, so if they can recreate that feeling on the screen then I’ll be really happy!
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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