GK Films have acquired the feature film rights to Tomb Raider and will reboot the action-adventure series that had headlined Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, a daredevil archaeologist on a series of global missions in 2001 and 2003.
The films grossed a total of $432 million at the worldwide box office.
Produced by Graham King and Tim Headington, the reboot will feature a new Lara Croft adventures, but no word on who will play her role in the new film slated for release in 2013.
Tomb Raider was originally a video game published in 1996 by the London based video game company Eidos that became hugely successful. Since then, Tomb Raider games have sold over 35 million units worldwide.
Eidos is now part of an international interactive entertainment group, Square Enix.
In Dec 2010, Square Enix subsidiary, Crystal Dynamics, revealed a new game for Tomb Raider based around the origins of the Lara Croft story.
GK Films acquired the film rights from interactive entertainment company, Square Enix Ltd.
