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Tomb Raider Filming Pauses After Sophie Turner Injury

Sources say minor injury will delay filming of Prime series for around 2 weeks

(Newser) - Production on Amazon MGM's big-budget Tomb Raider series is on pause because an injury to the new Lara Croft. Sophie Turner "recently experienced a minor injury," the studio said in a statement. "As a precaution, production has briefly paused to allow her time to recover. We...

Tomb Raider Goes AI, and Fans Are Not Amused

Neither is the actor who voiced Lara Croft for 12 years on the video game and has lawyered up

(Newser) - A lifelong fan of Tomb Raider, French gamer Romain Bos was on tenterhooks when an update of the popular video game went online in August. But his excitement quickly turned to anger. The gamer's ears—and those of other Tomb Raider fans—picked up something amiss with the French-language...

Lara Croft Should Probably Stick to Video Games
3rd Time Not
the Charm for
Tomb Raider
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3rd Time Not the Charm for Tomb Raider

'There's nothing here we haven't seen before,' says Adam Graham

(Newser) - Fifteen years after Angelina Jolie last took on the role, Lara Croft gets a fresh face. In Roar Uthaug's Tomb Raider , Swedish Oscar winner Alicia Vikander plays the daughter of a missing adventurer who falls into a world of trouble on a remote Pacific island while trying to trace...

Lara Croft's Makeover Looks Sexist
 Lara Croft's 
 Makeover 
 Looks Sexist 
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Lara Croft's Makeover Looks Sexist

Creators get lazy, add rape attempt to her back story: Mary Hamilton

(Newser) - The creators of Lara Croft have tried to add some depth to their character's back story for an upcoming game reboot, and Mary Hamilton at the Guardian is among many crying foul. For one thing, Lara is subjected to a beating and attempted rape, the latter generally a "...

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