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MGM Loses ‘Tomb Raider’ Film Rights, Alicia Vikander Leaves Project

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2 years ago

July 31, 2022

Bad news for those waiting for the follow-up to 2018’s Tomb Raider film. Not only has MGM lost the film rights, but star Alicia Vikander, who played Lara Croft in the 2018 film, is no longer attached to the project.

Per a report by The Wrap, MGM had until May of this year to get a Tomb Raider sequel off the ground, and that obviously never happened. As a result, the film rights have now reverted back to video game series developer Crystal Dynamics, with the rights reportedly now in the midst of a bidding war between several studios.

The planned sequel was to be directed by “Lovecraft Country” director and producer Misha Green, and was intended to be her feature directorial debut. As it stands, the project now is intended to be a complete reboot, with no director or stars currently attached.

2018’s Tomb Raider earned nearly $275 million at the global box office against a reported $160 budget.

Back in May, previous owner Square Enix agreed to sell Crystal Dynamics to Swedish company Embracer Group for $300 million. Currently, Crystal Dynamics is working on the next Tomb Raider entry using the Unreal Engine 5.

Mike Wilson

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New ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Movie in the Works from Director Lindsey Anderson Beer

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13 hours ago

April 22, 2024

John Squires

Paramount is heading to Sleepy Hollow with a brand new feature film take on the classic Headless Horseman tale, with Lindsey Anderson Beer (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines) announced to direct the movie back in 2022. But is that project still happening, now two years later?

The Hollywood Reporter lets us know this afternoon that Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Lindsey Anderson Beer, and one of the projects on the upcoming slate is the aforementioned Sleepy Hollow movie that was originally announced two years ago.

THR details, “Additional projects on the development slate include… Sleepy Hollow with Anderson Beer attached to write, direct, and produce alongside Todd Garner of Broken Road.”

You can learn more about the slate over on The Hollywood Reporter. It also includes a supernatural thriller titled Here Comes the Dark from the writers of Don’t Worry Darling.

The origin of all things Sleepy Hollow is of course Washington Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which was first published in 1819. Tim Burton adapted the tale for the big screen in 1999, that film starring Johnny Depp as main character Ichabod Crane.

More recently, the FOX series “Sleepy Hollow” was also based on Washington Irving’s tale of Crane and the Headless Horseman. The series lasted four seasons, cancelled in 2017.