The first trailer for Netflix's Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is here, and all eyes are on Hayley Atwell's intrepid archaeologist as she gets closer to Karen Fukuhara's Sam during a globetrotting adventure.
The trailer, which you can see above, brings together some of my favorite Tomb Raider eras. There's the pronounced mysticism of the original trilogy, the derring-do – and ice climbing – of the reboot games, and the lush locales of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles. The animation, too, looks slicker and more hard-hitting as Lara is on the tail of a mysterious figure seemingly hellbent on "resetting" the world.
Lara x Sam shippers will also be pleased to know that the relationship (heavily hinted at during the season 1 ending) could begin afresh, with Sam even getting a little tongue-tied when Lara drops a deliberate "we" into the mix.
There's also plenty of bite this season – thanks to Lara's showdown with a shark. Ms. Croft may have battled everything from T-Rexes to Yetis in the past, but staring down the dead-eyed creature might be one of her most fearsome feats yet.
Speaking to GamesRadar+ last year about how the first season segues into the second season with a more familiar Lara Croft, showrunner Tasha Huo revealed, "I sort of view each season as being a new lesson Lara needs to learn to become the woman from the '90s. So whatever season two throws at her, it's going to be a new challenge to further her development away from the grief-stricken, vulnerable Lara from the 'Survivor' series and into this confident, witty woman from the '90s."
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is set to end on Netflix after two seasons.
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