Having been removed from Warner Bros.’ upcoming Justice League movie in favour of Danny Elfman, Junkie XL – a.k.a. Tom Holkenborg – has found his next project, signing on to compose the score for the upcoming Alicia Vikander-headlined Tomb Raider reboot.
Having collaborated with Hans Zimmer on the likes of Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Junkie XL has also received acclaim in recent years for his work on the likes of Mad Max: Fury Road and Deadpool. He ruled out a return for Deadpool 2 following the departure of original director Tim Miller, stating that he “wouldn’t feel right” working on the sequel.
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Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone.
Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death.Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who—against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit—must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raider.
Tomb Raider is set for release on March 16th, 2018 and stars Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) as Lara Croft alongside Dominic West (The Affair), Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight) and Daniel Wu (Into the Badlands).
Originally published September 11, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
