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Angelina Jolie Is Lara Croft

Posted by emmett on from the but-harrison-ford-is-still-indiana-jones dept.

MwBay writes, "The Oscar winning actress has been cast as Lara Croft, bringing to an end months of speculation about who would fill Lara's shoes (and other garments) when the game makes the transition to the big screen. Read about it here." This is finally official from Eidos, after reading countless rumors in the submission bin. Good luck, Angelina! Oh, and if you Eidos guys are looking for extras, I'm interested. Update: 04/07 12:47 by CT : I remember when Angelina and I shared an issue of Rolling Stone... *grin*

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  1. AH CRAP! by evil-beaver · · Score: 4

    It should have been Natilie Portman!!!!

  2. Now if they'll go make some RTS movies... by Evil+Poot+Cat · · Score: 4

    Harrison Ford is still indy, but he's a little old to be dragged by a truck. ;)

    I was hoping Tomb Raider wouldn't be a movie, at least not a live action one. I mean, graphics have just about advanced to the point that there's no need to make a live-action film. Sink the millions into cut-scene quality animation and get some voice actors (that were used for the game, if possible). It's just a small beef about CG to live action conversion that rarely, if ever, works.

    (like it really matters. At this point, TR is probably a cash cow, so milk away, Eidos.)

    But eventually, I'd like to see a few RTS games get converted to movies. Just think: a game's storyline without glitchy AI!.....

    Command and Conquer: After all the spiel about computer games sucking as movies...a game that used live actors for cut scenes and mission intros. And, for the most part, well acted. Kane's actor nailed Diabolical Evil. And, we'd get to see hapless redshirts get zapped by the Obelisk or squicked by armor. They could save money on production by splicing in ID4's exploding White House scene; ID4 won't be needing it. ;)

    Starcraft: Sponsorship by the National Propane Board. ;) Have the Zerg invade Earth or something similar, expand on the Raynor/Kerrigan relationship, and do something about those underpowered battlecruisers...

    Diablo: Oh. hell. yeah. Gauntlet, meet Blair Witch Project. I know it isn't rts, but the BWP angle puts this game on the list.

    Earthseige/Starseige:
    "Little Lord Peter was missing his leader
    while Harabec played in the red.
    Down came the glitches,
    who burned us in ditches.
    We slept after eating our dead."     --Opening cutscene, Starseige.
    I just want to see Prometheus get wiped out by the Starseige Bus. =O

    Warzone 2100: Hello, Eidos...take advantage of the game's crew transfer functionality to send a single set of characters through the tech trees (which might turn the movie into a mini-series, but, Wah!).

  3. Re:hacker girl ... by G27+Radio · · Score: 4

    Well the hacker girl Acid Burn becomes the most sought after cyber sex symbol in the world. Coincidence? I think not. She's sexy... and made geeks around the world think that any gorgeous woman will fall for you if you talk about RISC chips and hack the gibson. Ohh yeah and beat plague

    Chicks dig Linux. I found the proof on ECLiPt's website. It's got to be true (please be true...)

    numb

  4. Important Question! by luckykaa · · Score: 4

    How good is her upper class English spoilt brat accent?

  5. Pictures here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    See more of this busty goodness here http://www.homunc ulus.com/icons/jolieangelina/JolieGallery18.html

    P.S Moderate this up +1 informative.

  6. Potentials? by Hrunting · · Score: 5
    I mean, okay, I can definitely see Jolie filling the role of Lara Croft (and I'm quite unhappy that she'll be filling more than Lara's shoes as I was truly hoping that we'd see the more risque side of tomb raiding), but let's see who else we can think of to actually give some commentary beyond, "Oh, man, she's a hottie," and "OOG BONK HER OVER HEAD WITH OPEN SOURCE CLUB."
    1. Dolly Parton
      Exemplifying boobies, like Lara
    2. Kathy Bates
      The 'big-boned' tomb raider.
    3. Jenna Jamison
      Doesn't tomb raider kind of sound like a porno?
    4. Samuel L. Jackson
      The wise-crackin', ass-trashin', bitch-slappin, yoda-fashion tomb raider
    5. The Pepsi Chick
      The cute tomb raider with the Pepsi tie-ins.
    6. Tia Carrere
      The exotic tomb raider
    7. Anne Heche
      The lesbian tomb raider
    Personally, it looks like the films gonna suck, but at least we'll get some good adult film titles out of it, no?