From Westeros to among the most unique and harmful catacombs on the earth, Amazon MGM’s “Tomb Raider” collection has discovered its Lara Croft.
“Sport of Thrones” star Sophie Turner is in talks to play Lara Croft in Amazon MGM’s live-action “Tomb Raider” collection, in line with a number of stories. The collection is being created by “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and it might be the primary time the online game character can be tailored as a live-action collection.
Amazon MGM declined to remark. Reps for Turner declined to remark.
Turner would comply with within the footsteps of each Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander, who performed Croft in two separate movie iterations, Jolie in movies from 2001 and 2003, and Vikander in a movie from 2018. The sport franchise has additionally discovered new life on display screen because of an animated collection for Netflix, “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft.” That collection, by which Hayley Atwell voices Lara Croft, has already been picked up for a second season.
Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios are producing the collection. “Tomb Raider” is government produced by Waller-Bridge and Jenny Robins through their Wells Avenue Productions banner, Dmitri M. Johnson (who additionally produces the animated collection) by way of dj2 Leisure, Michael Scheel, and Legendary Tv, which holds the rights to the character. Crystal Dynamics can be government producing.
Turner this yr starred on the CW collection “Joan” and because the finish of “Sport of Thrones” has appeared in “The Staircase” and Netflix’s “Do Revenge.”
A brand new live-action “Tomb Raider” adaptation has been up within the air for a while. Waller-Bridge was first reported to be creating a collection again in early 2023, however the present was not formally picked up till Could of this yr. Deadline at the moment reported that Turner had display screen examined, as had Lucy Boynton.
In an uncommon snafu, MGM, because the studio was being absorbed into Amazon, managed to let the movie rights to the property lapse earlier than any plans might be set for a follow-up function with Vikander starring. IndieWire reported that in a reunion with Amazon MGM after the very fact, the studio was eyeing greater than only a collection but in addition a movie and online game as a part of an interconnected universe of “Tomb Raider” tasks.
In a enjoyable little bit of fan-casting, the thought was floated that Aubrey Plaza ought to play Lara Croft, one thing Plaza herself embraced. However we’re good with Sansa Stark.
Deadline first reported the casting information.