As detailed by The Hollywood Reporter on January 27, 2023, Amazon is going all-in with its “Tomb Raider” franchise. Not only is it planning a television show written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, as revealed previously, but it intends to produce a new film as well as at least one new video game. The publication notes that Amazon’s goal with all of this is to create a multimedia saga similar to what Disney and Marvel Studios have done with the massively successful Marvel Cinematic Universe. To accomplish all of this, Amazon is teaming up with Dmitri M. Johnson’s dj2 Entertainment.
To make this shared “Tomb Raider” universe a reality, it seems that Amazon is digging deep into its wallet, too. According to one source that spoke with The Hollywood Reporter, this commitment rivals the size of the streamer’s foray into the world of J.R.R. Tolkien via “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” For reference, it’s said that Amazon shelled out roughly $250 million on the rights to “Lord of the Rings” alone, so one has to imagine that it has plans to pay out the nose to get this “Tomb Raider” franchise up and running.
Overall, “Tomb Raider” hasn’t had the best track record when it comes to blockbuster reimaginings, but with Amazon’s vast resources and a skilled crew behind it, perhaps a shared universe will work out after all.
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