Never believe what your parents told you: play video games can be good for you. Case in point, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft showrunner Tasha Huo reveals how she landed a job on the upcoming Netflix series thanks to “relentlessly” tweeting about her progress on 2018's Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Thanks to a producer friend who was aware of Huo's social media, she was invited to a meeting to pitch what would become The Legend of Lara Croft.
The upcoming Tomb Raider anime series even picks up where that game (and the recent trilogy of 'Survivor' titles from developers Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montreal) left off. And it's fair to say that, after being knocked from pillar to post amid shocking family revelations, Lara has had a tough time on her travels around the world.
“I always knew we were going to start the show at her lowest point and have fun watching all those layers of joy come back to her to make her the woman we grew up with in the game.” Huo tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Terrifier 3 on the cover and hits newsstands on October 2.
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft sees Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning) step into the worn-out shoes of the iconic archaeologist. Also returning from the game series is Earl Baylon's Jonah, the cook-turned-sidekick who helped Lara from Yamatai to Peru.
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