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Tomb Raider release date: Alicia Vikander's film knocks off 'Untitled DC project' from Warner Bros' schedule

The last time we saw Tomb Raider on the big screen, Angelina Jolie played the titular character

Jack Shepherd
Friday 08 July 2016 07:48 EDT
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After months of speculation, Alicia Vikander’s appointment as the new Lara Croft in Tomb Raider was welcomed with open arms (despite some fans wishing Daisy Ridley got the role).

Finally, the film has a released date, and it’s a little later than the expected 2017 release date.

Warner Bros. has announced the video-game based film will reach cinemas 16 March 2018, while their Katherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson starting thriller, Unforgettable, is set for 21 April 2017.

The March 2018 date was previously saved for an untitled DC film, thought to be The Flash, yet the studio has so far not offered a release date for that film. Tomb Raider will be directed by The Wave’s Roar Uthaug.

The last time we saw Tomb Raider on the big screen, Angelina Jolie played the titular character, starring as Croft in both 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and 2003's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.

Vikander was last seen in The Danish Girl alongside Eddie Redmayne, a role for which she won an Oscar. In 2016, the actor will star in Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne and The Light Between Oceans, alongside Michael Fassbender and Rachel Weisz.

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