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Revisioned: Tomb Raider
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Created byRicardo Sanchez
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producerChristopher Peeler
ProducerElliot Blake
Animators
Running time5-7 minutes
Original release
ReleaseJuly 10 (2007-07-10) –
November 13, 2007 (2007-11-13)

Revisioned: Tomb Raider (trademarked as Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider) is a ten-part animated series created by Ricardo Sanchez and based on the Tomb Raider series. It was released on the Turner Broadcasting's online video game service GameTap from July 10 to November 13, 2007. The series consists of various animation and comic book talents' renditions of Lara Croft, presented in the form of animated episodes. Minnie Driver voices Lara Croft in all episodes. The first three episodes present a linked story arc called "Keys to the Kingdom". Other episodes tell stories of single or multiple episodes that function as an anthology. The art style and storytelling vary in each episode depending on the writer and designer. [1]

Contents

Episodes list

Episode NumberTitleAirdateDesignsWriter
01"Keys to the Kingdom (Part 1)"July 10, 2007 Peter Chung Peter Chung
Lara Croft is drawn into a web of religious intrigue and assassins when an archaeologist is murdered just after he claims to have discovered a way to bring the dead back to life.
02"Keys to the Kingdom (Part 2)"July 11, 2007 Peter Chung Peter Chung
Continuity of part 1.
03"Keys to the Kingdom (Part 3)"July 12, 2007 Peter Chung Peter Chung
Continuity of part 2.
04"Revenge of the Aztec Mummy"July 19, 2007 David Álvarez Brian Pulido
Hijinks ensue when Lara Croft stumbles upon the resurrection of Moctezuma, an Aztec mummy.
05"Angel Spit (Part 1)"July 26, 2007 Cully Hamner Warren Ellis
Lara Croft ventures to Antarctica in search of a mysterious substance that has the capability to cure any disease, but also holding a dark secret as well.
06"Angel Spit (Part 2)"July 26, 2007 Cully Hamner Warren Ellis
Continuity of part 1.
07"Lara Croft: Legacy"August 2, 2007 Ivan Reis Brian Pulido
Lara Croft's search for an ancient scepter leads her to a monastery where she must survive an army of half-man/half-beast creatures.
08"Pre-Teen Raider"August 9, 2007 Six Point Harness Gail Simone
Lara Croft wasn't always one of the world's most successful Tomb Raiders. The episode reveals how a twelve-year-old Lara honed her craft during her early years at the Croft Academy.
09"Raising Thaumopolis"August 16, 2007 Louie del Carmen Michael A. Stackpole
Lara Croft must solve three ancient challenges in order to claim the ultimate prize when she discovers the lost underwater city of Thaumopolis.
10"A Complicated Woman"November 13, 2007 Jim Lee Jim Lee, Christos N. Gage
While recovering the ancient Treasure of Perseus, three fortune hunters tell the tale of how each of them killed Lara Croft... or at least, seemed to.

Development

Inspired by a project called "A Day in the Extra Life" by GameTap, the ReVisioned concept was created to explore and re-imagine well-known video game franchises while telling different stories of video game characters. [2] Lara Croft was chosen for the first of the series. Comic book writers Warren Ellis, Brian Pulido, Peter Chung, Jim Lee and Gail Simone were chosen to write episodes for the season. Lee, a fan of the games, co-wrote the last episode "A Complicated Woman". Simone stated that she was intrigued by Lara Croft for being a strong female character like Wonder Woman. Thus, she was interested in a background story of the character before she became the Tomb Raider, which is reflected in "Pre-Teen Raider". Chung said that he was not familiar to the video games, but explained that he took advantage of the chance to work under ideal conditions and tell the story he wanted. After his research, he realized that Croft was trying to reclaim a relic before someone with a bad plan first reached it, and reversed these roles in the first three episodes. Ellis likened Croft to Allan Quatermain. Pulido, writer of "The Revenge of the Aztec Mummy" and "Lara Croft: Legacy", opined that he was impressed by Croft for being "a hot chick with guns", and he referred to Tex Avery cartoons during the writing process. While the production team had great creative freedom, they were given a basic guideline for the character by the developers so that Lara would not do anything out of character. [3] [4]

Potential spin-off

In December 2021, Gail Simone revealed on Twitter that there was a discussion with Warner Bros. about making a series based on the episode she wrote. [5]

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References

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  3. ↑ "IGN Exclusive: Lara Croft's Animated Origins - IGN". July 11, 2007.
  4. ↑ "SDCC 07: ReVisioned: Tomb Raider Panel - IGN". July 30, 2007. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ Gail Simone [@GailSimone] (December 15, 2021). "Spin-off potential" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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