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Tomb Raider is a media franchise consisting of video games, comic books, novels, theme park rides and movies, centring around the adventures of the fictional English archaeologist Lara Croft. Since the release of the original Tomb Raider in 1996, the series developed into a lucrative franchise of related media, and Lara went on to become a major icon of the virtual gaming industry. In 2006, Lara Croft was inducted into the Walk of Game and the Guinness Book of World Records has recognised her as the "Most Successful Human Virtual Game Heroine". The first six games in the series were developed by Core Design, whilst Crystal Dynamics developed the latest four; their fifth game is currently in production. Two movies - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life - have been produced starring American actress Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, the first of which is still the highest-grossing film adaptation of a video game ever released in US, and third worldwide.
The central character in Tomb Raider is the English archaeologist Lara Croft, a female adventurer in search of ancient relics. Lara was created by one-time Core designer Toby Gard, and grew out of a number of ideas discarded in early concepts. She appears almost invariably with brown shorts, boots and small backpack, a dark green or blue sleeveless top, holsters on both sides of her hip for dual wielded pistols. Over the course of the series, her 3D model has undergone gradual graphical improvements, as well as enlarged (and later reduced) breast size.
Actors: Jack Gattanella (miscellaneous crew), Jack Gattanella (miscellaneous crew), Zack Abramowitz (writer), Zack Abramowitz (producer), Zack Abramowitz (actor), Carlos del Rosario (editor), Carlos del Rosario (writer), Carlos del Rosario (actor), Carlos del Rosario (director), Erica Camarano (actress), Kim Meisner (actress), Cyrenne Laljie (producer), Cyrenne Laljie (writer), Abe Danz (actor), Alan Imperial (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Short,