The upcoming Tomb Raider live-action sequence from Amazon might have discovered its main girl.
Who’s enjoying Lara Croft within the upcoming Amazon present?
Based on a brand new report from Deadline, Sport of Thrones star Sophie Turner is formally in negotiations to play the enduring Lara Croft within the upcoming sequence. Amongst considered one of a number of who examined for the position, Deadline didn’t specify simply how any assessments went, however they should have gone properly for the star to be supplied the position.
Turner is clearly finest recognized for her longtime position as Sansa Stark within the hit HBO sequence Sport of Thrones. Exterior of that, nevertheless, Turner has starred as Jean Gray within the latest X-Males movies, and likewise not too long ago starred within the 2024 British crime drama Joan.
As of now, not an entire lot is understood concerning the upcoming Tomb Raider sequence, aside from the truth that it’s being described as “epic” with a “globe-trotting” journey, in response to Amazon MGM’s Jennifer Salke again in Could.
Waller-Bridge is finest recognized for creating and starring in Fleabag, which premiered in 2016 and ran for 2 seasons. She was additionally a co-screenwriter on 2021’s No Time to Die, voiced L3-37 in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, and performed Helena Shaw in 2023’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future.
“If I might inform my teenage self this was taking place I believe she’d explode,” she stated. “Tomb Raider has been an enormous a part of my life and I really feel extremely privileged to be bringing it to tv with such passionate collaborators. Lara Croft means loads to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this journey. Bats ‘n all.”
To date, there have been three live-action Tomb Raider variations. Angelina Jolie performed the titular character in 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and the 2003 sequel Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — The Cradle of Life, whereas Alicia Vikander then starred in a 2018 remake directed by Roar Uthaug.
Netflix can also be placing out an animated sequence, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, later this yr. Moreover, a ten-part animated sequence titled Revisioned: Tomb Raider was launched in 2007.
(Supply: Deadline)
