Hot on the heels of the news that Prime Video’s live-action Tomb Raider series starring Sophie Turner begins filming next year comes word that Netflix’s animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is coming to an end.
Variety reports that Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’s upcoming second season will also be its last. Season 2 launches on Netflix on December 11.
“When adventurer Lara Croft (voiced by Hayley Atwell) discovers a trail of stolen African Orisha masks, she joins forces with her best friend Sam (Karen Fukuhara) to retrieve the precious artifacts,” according to the season’s official plot synopsis.
“Lara’s thrilling new adventure takes her around the globe as she delves deeper into the hidden secrets of Orisha history, dodging the machinations of a dangerous and enigmatic billionaire who wants the masks for herself, while discovering these relics contain dark secrets and a power that defies logic. Power that may, in fact, be divine.”
Season 1 debuted in 2024. IGN’s Ryan McCaffrey wasn’t overly fond of the show, writing in his Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, Season 1 review that it “isn’t terrible, but it’s well below the high bar set by other animated video game adaptations on Netflix.”
Prime Video’s live-action Tomb Raider series begins filming in January 2026, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge serving as creator, writer, and executive producer. Chad Hodge is co-showrunner, while Jonathan van Tulleken (Shogun) will direct and executive produce.
Beyond the final season of Tomb Raider, Netflix’s new big animated video game adaptation is Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, which premieres in October.
