After a few months of speculation, via The Hollyw♔ood Rꦫeporter: Alicia Vikander is going to play posh archaeologist Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider film.

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The upcoming film will also act as a reboot of sorts for the film franchise, which had previously been headed up by Hollywood mega-star Angelina Jolie over two films. The simply named Tomb Raider "will tell the story of a young and untested Croft fighting to survive her first adventure", 𝔉accordin♏g to the report. Which… sounds a heck of a lot like the plot of the 2013 video game reboot. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. 

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