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 Megan Fox is the new Tomb Raider?
http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/4493.htmlQuote: Although the franchise isn't quite as popular as it was during its heyday, there's little doubt that a new "Tomb Raider" movie could rake in the big bucks. However, what might the fans think if the lovely Angelina Jolie no longer played the heroine?
Well, they might not mind if the rumors are true that "Transformers" super-hottie Megan Fox plans to step into the role. According to European site MeriStation, Fox will indeed replace the curvaceous Jolie to star in an upcoming "Tomb Raider" film, although the movie doesn't yet have a director. Previous movies in the series have produced over $400 million in revenue, and with Hollywood's emphasis on special effects and high-powered action movies these days, there's plenty of incentive to bring Lara back. Besides, the tried-and-true formula - eye-popping action combined with eye-popping ladies - pretty much always works when your target demographic is males aged 16 - 35. It may be a while before this rumor is either proven or denied, but for the sake of argument, we have no problem with the choice. Fox isn't really built like Jolie, but the younger actress certainly seems tailor-made for a movie that requires her to be acrobatic. And besides...there are always implants. 'cough'
Anyway, who here would see the new "Tomb Raider" with Megan Fox starring as Lara Croft? Or if that's a stupid question, who wouldn't watch anything with freakin' Megan Fox in it? Yeah the acting will suck but she'll look good in the outfit.
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zingy
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She's fly. That's all that matters.
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Chippy
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Zingaling wrote: She's fly. That's all that matters. 
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Tyler
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I'd tomb raid her.
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Box
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Anton Chigurh wrote: I'd tomb raid her. You should have said "I'd raid her tomb" Macabre
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Korrgan
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I guess she'd make an okay Lara Croft. She is sort of like a young Angelina looks-wise.
But yeah, the first two TR movies were pretty bad.
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Goktor Who
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Box wrote: Anton Chigurh wrote: I'd tomb raid her. You should have said "I'd raid her tomb" Macabre Womb raider? Is there something to work with there?
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Mau
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Korrgan wrote: I guess she'd make an okay Lara Croft. She is sort of like a young Angelina looks-wise.
But yeah, the first two TR movies were pretty bad.
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BJ
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Gaga wrote: Korrgan wrote: I guess she'd make an okay Lara Croft. She is sort of like a young Angelina looks-wise.
But yeah, the first two TR movies were pretty bad.
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billybobwashere
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between this and Jennifer's Body, it sounds like she's making no attempt to build a career that will work once she stops being one of the hottest people in Hollywood, aka in 5+ years... so I'm gonna enjoy me these next five years 
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Dr. Lecter
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Tomb Raider didn't even work with a good actress playing Lara...
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Chippy
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Dr. Lecter wrote: Tomb Raider didn't even work with a good actress playing Lara... When did that version come out?
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Harry Warden
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munkyfromlondon wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: Tomb Raider didn't even work with a good actress playing Lara... When did that version come out?  I second that she looks like a young Angelina Jolie so yeah, she'd work in the role. It's not like it's a role that requires good acting.
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Kris K
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I can see her looking fierce in the outfit and causing a big stir when the first production pic is released for about a week....then it'll underwhelm at the BO with about $40M.
The second one was shit.
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Harry Warden
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WB is indeed developing a reboot. http://www.worldofkj.com/news/news.php?tid=32567Quote: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lara Croft could soon be going on a new big-screen mission.
Warners Bros. and producer Dan Lin are in early development on a a reboot of Tomb Raider, the popular video game action franchise.
Tomb Raider, which was published in 1996 by a London-based video game company called Eidos, was a wildly popular game that involved the daredevil archaeologist Lara Croft on a series of global missions. Several spinoff games have been published since, with a 10th-anniversary edition of the game released in 2006.
Paramount previously made the two movies based on the game, but the rights have since reverted to Eidos. When Time Warner upped its stake to 19.92% in Eidos in December, films rights to the property were included as part of the deal.
The new project, however, is expected to revamp the character and her mission and bear little resemblance to the original pictures. It will reimagine the origins of the character, her love interest and the main villain.
As an open-writing assignment, the project is still in its nascent stages. An actress who could play the role Angelina Jolie made famous would likely come on after a writer and director are attached.
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Magic Mike
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Hopefully she's not cast. She cannot act. She may as well just do porn since the only thing people care about is her body.
The first TOMB RAIDER was horrid. The second was more tolerable but still not that good. Who really cares about another one? I'd be interested if a good actress were cast, but I don't see that happening.
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Nazgul9
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Mike wrote: The first TOMB RAIDER was horrid. The second was more tolerable but still not that good. It's the other way around for me, first was so so, second was blah. Well, let's hope they do at least a decent one for a change but for starters, casting a good actress with charisma is important, not some sex symbol, to not doom the project from the get-go. And maybe stop making her outfits so damn slutty, as much as they are in the games and as much as i like slutty, it doesn't work in a movie.
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Flava'd vs The World
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All video game movies are predestined to be below par anyways so might as well cast the hottest people possible. 
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Grill
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billybobwashere wrote: between this and Jennifer's Body, it sounds like she's making no attempt to build a career that will work once she stops being one of the hottest people in Hollywood, aka in 5+ years... so I'm gonna enjoy me these next five years  Megan should star in The Naked Tomb Raider, an mainstream XXX rated movie.
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Dr. Lecter
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Hmm, that would top Showgirls as the biggest NC-17 film to date.
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Nazgul9
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Flava'd wrote: All video game movies are predestined to be below par anyways That attitude is probably the reason why.
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rsmyth96
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Mike wrote: Hopefully she's not cast. She cannot act. She may as well just do porn since the only thing people care about is her body.
The first TOMB RAIDER was horrid. The second was more tolerable but still not that good. Who really cares about another one? I'd be interested if a good actress were cast, but I don't see that happening. I actually would have said the reverse about the first batch of films, but it's really semantics because any way you cut it they weren't good.
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Michael.
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I'd say the best choice here would be Rhona Mitra or Angelina.
Angelina would be looking at a $25-30m salary. She recieved around $20m inc perks for the second movie.
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Gulli
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Well Rhona was actually Tomb Rider once Mike so good call. I'd agree with you on that overall.
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Harry Warden
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Rhona isn't a much better actress than Fox and isn't as popular with the target audience so she wouldn't be the better choice if Fox is willing to do it.
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