Amazon announced today that its live-action Tomb Raider series will feature Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner as Lara Croft. Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge will serve as the show’s creator, writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner, and filming will begin in January 2026, Variety reports. The show and Waller-Bridge’s involvement were officially announced last year. “It’s not very often you get …
Read More »We finally have our Lara Croft, well over two years after Prime Video’s Tomb Raider series was first announced. Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner has been cast in the role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She had better start trying on khaki shorts and blue sleeveless shirts. Turner acknowledges the “massive shoes to fill” from previous actors that have …
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It took awhile but Prime Video’s Tomb Raider live-action series is finally going to production. Some elements have stayed the same — Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who had been attached from the get-go, is creator, writer, executive producer. And Sophie Turner, who entered negotiations last November after testing for Lara Croft, is confirmed for the high-profile role previously played on the big …
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