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Lara Croft Tomb Raider 3 In The Works But With No Lead

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:00:00 PST

Even though io9 reported that Megan Fox would NOT be strapping guns to her thighs as the next Lara Croft, that's not stopping Warner Brothers from teaming up with Dan Lin, Executive Producer of Terminator: Salvation, for a third Croft film. I'm not 100% sold on this idea — the franchise started to lose steam after the second pic — but if you got Angelina back, you could change my mind. [The Hollywood Reporter]

The Truth About Megan Fox As The Next Lara Croft

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:08:01 PST

Rumors have circulated all day that Megan Fox would be replacing Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in the next Tomb Raider action flick. We went straight to the top to find the answer.

Sorry dreamers — the lovely Fox isn't planning to don the slinky jumpsuit. A spokesperson for Megan Fox denied the rumors to io9, saying, "She's not involved in the movie at all."

I know this is a huge upset to many of you, because who knows how many more thigh holsters Jolie would be willing to strap on, and we totally agree with the idea of putting Fox into Croft's boots. She's got the prerequisite attitude, lips and hips.

Latino Review first leaked the story from Europa Press in Spain that Megan Fox was indeed the next in line to don the long Croft pony tail.

There's no director attached, and I'm not even sure if a third has been greenlit, but Fox does look the part and her success from the Transformers movies means she could finally have her own big name character that could lead to future sequels. The article says that they're looking to shoot in 2010 with a release date of 2011.

As of right now Fox is not the next Croft, but that doesn't mean we can't start a grass-roots campaign to get her in.

Finally, A Video Game Movie For Smart People

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:40:00 PDT

Dystopian-future video game Bioshock will soon be a movie from Universal Studios, directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean). Finally, a video game movie that has a chance at holding the audience's attention. According to Variety, this is the biggest video game-to-movie-deal since the abortive Halo film. At least we'll get to see the unraveling of an underwater dystopian society gone mad, with sea slugs and diver gear. Could this be the first decent video game movie ever? Click through to decide for yourself.

Bioshock's main character is the video game's Jack who crashes his plane into the underwater city of Rapture. This dystopian society is based upon its founder's idea to start a new Eden, but of course it goes horribly wrong with mutant sea slugs and scary 'Big Daddys' and 'Little Sisters,' which are little girls embedded with sea slugs. The Aviator and Star Trek: Nemesis writer John Logan is also rumored to be attached as the writer to this project.

In the wake of Resident Evil (all three), Silent Hill, Tomb Raider, Doom, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Bros., BloodRayne and Hitman, I ask you: has there ever been a good movie based on a video game? [Variety]