Just a couple of weeks ago we brought you the news that Prime Video had begun testing actors for the role of Lara Croft in their upcoming live-action Tomb Raider series. Now it would appear that former Game of Thrones actor Sophie Turner is the front-runner to bag the role of a lifetime.
Deadline is exclusively reporting that Turner is now in negotiations to take on the role in the Phoebe Waller-Bridge produced series. Whilst sources were quick to leak the news to Deadline the studio is currently declining to comment on negotiations.
If Turner secures the role she will follow in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander who have both played the role on the big screen. Croft has most recently been seen on the small screen, voiced by Hayley Atwell in the Netflix anime series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft.
The as-yet-untitled project was handed a direct-to-series order in May 2024. At the time Amazon MGM Studios Head Jennifer Salke called Waller-Bridge’s plans “epic” and “globe-trotting”. “Lara Croft means a lot to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this adventure. Bats ‘n all,” Salke said at the time.
Tomb Raider is executive produced by Waller-Bridge and Jenny Robins through Wells Street Productions, Dmitri M. Johnson through dj2 Entertainment, Michael Scheel, and rights holders Legendary Television as well as Crystal Dynamics. Greenblatt and Andolina are consulting producers under their Star Party banner. The series is produced by Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios.
