Lara

Via Universal Pictures Aubrey Plaza may have won hearts as the deadpan April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation, but that hasn’t stopped acclaimed director Edgar Wright from envisioning her as the next Lara Croft.  Plaza revealed the news while on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, sharing that the English filmmaker spotted her looking very similar to Lara in a promo shoot for her upcoming crime drama, Emily the Criminal.  “My friend Edgar Wright actually saw that and texted me and said, ‘Oh my god, you’re the…

Last year was an unexpectedly big one for DH Lawrence. Not only did Frances Wilson publish her wild biography of the writer, there were also two Lawrence-inspired novels: Rachel Cusk’s Second Place, which transposes elements of Mabel Dodge Luhan’s memoir of her time with Lawrence in Taos, New Mexico, on to a contemporary East Anglian landscape; and Alison MacLeod’s Tenderness, inspired by the publication of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. For some, all this will have been stirring. Even a Lawrence refusnik like me thrilled to…

Lara Croft and Tomb Raider are in limbo after MGM lost the rights to the franchise and Alicia Vikander is no longer attached to the role.MGM reportedly missed the window to greenlight a Tomb Raider sequel, meaning the franchise is up for grabs.Citing insiders, The Wrap reports that the sequel is now a complete reboot, because the project that was initially going to be directed by Lovecraft County creator Misha Green, starring Vikander, is dead.Multiple Hollywood studios are now involved in a bidding war to win the rights…

Actor Alicia Vikander will not be reprising the role of Lara Croft, and fans aren’t happy about it. Per The Wrap, the Academy Award winner has departed from the Tomb Raider franchise due to studio politics. Earlier this month, she remarked that her future in the films was in limbo as a consequence of the corporate acquisition of MGM by Amazon Studios. Volatile ticket sales for video game-based films are also a contributing factor to the outcome, as MGM did not renew its right to produce a Tomb Raider sequel. The…