Netflix's Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Gets a Season 2

Netflix has renewed its animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft for a second season, just weeks after the first season's debut.

In a blog post, Netflix said that while season one of the show was an "origin story of sorts" for Lara Croft, season two will "advance her character from somewhat of a rookie to her journey to becoming the icon we know today."

When adventurer Lara Croft discovers a trail of stolen African Orisha masks, she joins forces with her best friend Sam to retrieve the precious artifacts. Lara’s thrilling new adventure takes her around the globe as she delves deeper into the hidden secrets of Orisha history, dodges the machinations of a dangerous and enigmatic billionaire who wants the masks for herself, while discovering these relics contain dark secrets and a power that defies logic. Power that may, in fact, be divine.

Showrunner Tasha Huo added that Season 2 will feature Lara slowly building a team, and also that she may punch a shark.

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft stars MCU actor Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft, and Atwell will return for Season 2. The eight-episode Season 1 launched on October 10 on Netflix, and follows Lara through events occurring between Shadow of the Tomb Raider and the original Tomb Raider games. Legendary Television and DJ2 Entertainment are producing, and Powerhouse Animation Studios is behind the animation.

While the first season of Tomb Raider was received positively by many, we weren't quite so high on it. In our Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2 review, we said that it "isn’t terrible, but it’s well below the high bar set by other animated video game adaptations on Netflix." Here's hoping Season 2 is able to step it up.

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