Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (also known as simply Tomb Raider) is a 2001 action-adventure film based on the "Tomb Raider" video game series featuring the character Lara Croft, portrayed by Angelina Jolie. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, it was directed by Simon West and revolves around Lara Croft trying to obtain ancient artifacts from the Illuminati. The film was released on June 15, 2001, and received generally negative reviews from critics for its stylized action and bland plot, although Angelina Jolie was praised for her performance. "Tomb Raider"
Tomb Raider (1996 video game) rumour on 30 May 2006: "Eidos/SCi are planning on celebrating Lara's 10th birthday by releasing a remake of her original adventure". A video game trailer showing footage of a new "Tomb Raider" game was distributed on the Internet on 8 June 2006. The titles and logos of the trailer claimed that the title was "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition", a PSP game by Core Design. The trailer featured Lara Croft in familiar yet remodelled environments from the original "Tomb Raider". On 15 June 2006, Core Design released a statement claiming that the trailer was "an internal presentation of