The upcoming Tomb Raider live-action series from Amazon may have found its leading lady.
Who is playing Lara Croft in the upcoming Amazon show?
According to a new report from Deadline, Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner is officially in negotiations to play the iconic Lara Croft in the upcoming series. Among one of several who tested for the role, Deadline didn’t specify just how any tests went, but they must have gone well for the star to be offered the role.
Turner is obviously best known for her longtime role as Sansa Stark in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones. Outside of that, however, Turner has starred as Jean Grey in the recent X-Men films, and also recently starred in the 2024 British crime drama Joan.
As of now, not a whole lot is known about the upcoming Tomb Raider series, other than the fact that it is being described as “epic” with a “globe-trotting” adventure, according to Amazon MGM’s Jennifer Salke back in May.
Waller-Bridge is best known for creating and starring in Fleabag, which premiered in 2016 and ran for two seasons. She was also a co-screenwriter on 2021’s No Time to Die, voiced L3-37 in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, and played Helena Shaw in 2023’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
“If I could tell my teenage self this was happening I think she’d explode,” she said. “Tomb Raider has been a huge part of my life and I feel incredibly privileged to be bringing it to television with such passionate collaborators. 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.”
So far, there have been three live-action Tomb Raider adaptations. Angelina Jolie played the titular character in 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and the 2003 sequel Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — The Cradle of Life, while Alicia Vikander then starred in a 2018 remake directed by Roar Uthaug.
Netflix is also putting out an animated series, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, later this year. Additionally, a ten-part animated series titled Revisioned: Tomb Raider was released in 2007.
(Source: Deadline)
