The new Tomb Raider movie starring Alicia Vikander will seemingly be based directly on the 2013 game reboot, according to the star herself.

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While director Roar Uthaug has previously suggested that the movies will be inspired by Crystal Dynamics' grittier Lara Croft stories , Vikander seems to be much more specific:“They told me they were doing the film based on the reboot of the game from 2013,” she said to HitFix . “That is more of an origin story. You get into an emotional aspect of getting to know Lara hopefully in an in-depth way. So I hope that doing a film of the rebooted game will bring something new and fresh that’ll stand on its own two legs.”2013's Tomb Raider saw Lara Croft on her first adventure, discovering the secrets of the island of Yamatai while charting the posh young woman's progress from my-first-deer hunter to certifiable murder machine.In our review of the game , we singled out the plot as "a greatly successful origin story, a series reboot that feels both authentic and hugely exciting." Rich pickings, essentially.There's likely a fair way to go until we get full confirmation of the story, however, with the film scheduled for release on March 16, 2018 Back in the world of Tomb Raider games, we now know that Crystal Dynamics' second reboot outing, Rise of the Tomb Raider will hit PS4 in October , and bring with it a mystery in Croft Manor, a zombie fighting mode and VR support.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he doesn't know how this can be an authentic remake without multiple scenes of Lara getting tree branches lodged sickeningly in her neck. Follow him on Twitter