According to a script leaked via a post from Sacred Symbols, the next Tomb Raider game is currently referred to as ‘Project Jawbreaker’ internally and is “an action-adventure game set in a modern-day world rocked by a mysterious cataclysm.” According to the casting notes on the script, the project is currently seeking an actress in their 30s “in the prototype of Emily Blunt or Rosamund Pike” Additionally, according to the script, the project will reportedly feature multiple characters involved in the gameplay, and will have additional ‘tomb raiders’ who have speaking roles, with named characters called Devendra and Tanvi appearing on the script. Lastly, the script also notes that the role of Lara Croft will involve “romantic scenes with another female character.” None of these claims have been confirmed by Crystal Dynamics and should be taken with a grain of salt.
Important snippets from the script via VGC can be seen below:
“Lara Croft is now at the top of her game. Gone are the days of the young, inexperienced women dealing with matters of legacy and familial reckoning.
Lara has let go of her childhood and fully embraced the life of an adventurer… her legendary career has been lauded and printed in tabloids, tall tales of adventure that have inspired a new generation of tomb raiders to seek their fortunes in the world.
With this new phase of her life, Lara fully accepts her place among the ruins. For many years Lara plunged the depths of forgotten places, played cat and mouse with many nefarious opponents, and worked to uncover, preserve, and protect the lost secrets of the world, less they fall into the wrong hands.
As the years have passed, Lara has become lonely at the top. The beginning of this next chapter presents Lara with a quintessentially adult problem: facing something too big to handle alone. On this new adventure, Lara will encounter a challenge she can only overcome with a team at her side. Collaboration is foreign to her: she’s always succeeded alone, so in this situation she’s a fish out of water.”
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Shadow of the Erdtree will launch on June 21
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