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Oscar(R)-winner
Angelina Jolie is back as Lara Croft, one of the world's most celebrated
action heroines to ever hit the big screen, in "Lara Croft and
The Cradle of Life: Tomb Raider 2." Principal photography on
the Paramount Pictures presentation, in association with Mutual Film
Company, began recently on the Greek island of Santorini. The film
will open nationwide on July 25, 2003.
The first "Tomb Raider" movie had the biggest opening ever
for a film with a female star, grossing $47.7 million the first weekend.
The massive blockbuster went on to gross nearly $300 million worldwide.
Judging from the phenomenal success of the highly popular action-adventure,
it was only a matter of time before the intrepid tomb raider was thrilling
audiences again.
 Brought
to the screen by the original "Tomb Raider" producers, Lawrence
Gordon ("Die Hard," "48 Hours") and Lloyd Levin
("Boogie Nights"), "Lara Croft and The Cradle of Life"
is directed by Jan De Bont ("Speed," "Twister"),
and stars Angelina Jolie ("Girl Interrupted," "Original
Sin") along with returning cast members Noah Taylor ("Vanilla
Sky") and Christopher Barrie ("Red Dwarf"). Gerard
Butler ("Timeline"), Ciaran Hinds ("The Road To Perdition,"
"The Sum of All Fears") and Djimon Hounsou ("The Four
Feathers," "Gladiator") join the cast of the film,
which is executive produced by Jeremy Heath Smith ("Lara Croft:
Tomb Raider").
"The combination of an action director like Jan De Bont and our
greatest asset, Angelina Jolie, makes this the perfect marriage,"
says producer Lawrence Gordon. "In addition, we have an incredibly
inventive story that entertains and advances the characters."
"We're raising the stakes significantly with the sequel, telling
an edgier, more dangerous and exciting tale," adds producer Lloyd
Levin. "Lara is taking us on a wildly ambitious journey this
time, and I'm especially looking forward to watching Angelina rise
to the challenge."
"The Cradle of Life" develops the character of aristocratic
Lara Croft, the beautiful sexy heroine of Eidos Interactive's phenomenally
successful, "Tomb Raider" game series. For an action director
like Jan De Bont, the film is exactly the kind of roller coaster ride
that made his reputation.
"I have always been in love with the Lara Croft character in
Tomb Raider and was convinced it would make a fantastic franchise,"
says De Bont. "To have an incredibly exciting heroine like her
is the most ideal thing for a director like me. Add to that Angelina
Jolie, who is both talented and daring enough to do her own stunts,
and we have something really amazing."
Dean Georgaris' script is based on an original story by Kirk Petruccelli
& Lloyd Levin. Stemming from the Eidos Interactive Game Series
developed by Core Design, "The Cradle of Life" pits Lara
Croft against her greatest challenges and dangers yet, and her physical
prowess is tested as never before. During the course of filming this
exciting installment of the Lara Croft saga, the production will travel
from Hong Kong to Kenya and from Wales to Greece. In addition, elaborate
interior and exterior sets, built at the production's home base, Pinewood
Studios, located outside London, will bring the world of Lara Croft
vividly to life.
Before she took on the role of Lara Croft, Angelina Jolie embarked
on a serious training regime to regain the physical aptitude she displayed
in the first "Tomb Raider." Since completing that enormously
successful film, Jolie appeared in "Life or Something Like It"
earlier this year, and she most recently filmed "Beyond Borders,"
directed by Martin Campbell, scheduled for release next year.
"Girl, Interrupted" not only garnered Jolie an Academy Award(R)
for Best Supporting Actress, but also her third Golden Globe Award
and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She earned her first Golden Globe
Award for TNT's "George Wallace" and her second for HBO's
"Gia," and both telepics brought her Emmy nominations. Additional
films in Jolie's impressive filmography are "Gone in Sixty Seconds,"
"Dancing in the Dark," "The Bone Collector," "Pushing
Tin," "Foxfire," "Hackers," Hallmark Hall
of Fame's "True Women" and "Playing By Heart,"
for which Jolie was awarded the Breakthrough Performance Award by
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