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GK Films, the company owned by Oscar-winning Departed producer Graham King, has snapped up the movie rights to the hit video game series from Square Enix.
King and Tim Headington will produce the new Tomb Raider, which is rumoured to focus on Lara Croft's origins.
"We are very excited to be rebooting what is already a hugely successful film franchise and continuing the Tomb Raider phenomenon," King said.
Angelina Jolie starred as the adventurer in 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and its 2003 sequel Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life. Combined the movies took more than $430 million at the worldwide box office.
Square Enix subsidiary Crystal Dynamics last year announced a multi-platform relaunch of Tomb Raider. The first video game sees Lara survive a shipwreck to find herself washed ashore on an unknown beach.
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