It looks as though the live-action Tomb Raider Amazon series, which will star Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner, will revamp the beloved video game franchise, so get ready for an all-new Lara Croft.
Story Kitchen, a production company dedicated to video game adaptations in film, recently revealed some new details about their partnership with Amazon MGM studios, who is distributing the series, and Crystal Dynamics, the company that created the iconic game series. According to their website, the new Tomb Raider series will “reinvent the franchise on a massive scale” and will interconnect “live-action television series and video games into a unified storytelling universe.”
For Amazon, Fleabag star and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be taking the helm here, “spearheading the next chapter of Tomb Raider, launching an ambitious reimagining of the Lara Croft universe.”
Jonathan Van Tulleken, who is known for his work on the highly regarded FX series Shogun, will direct and serve as executive producer on the series alongside Chad Hodge, who will also serve as co-showrunner with Waller-Bridge.
The series was first reported to be in development in January 2023 and was officially greenlit at Prime Video over a year later in May 2024. In November 2024, Turner was first connected to the project, and she was confirmed to star nearly over a year later, just a few months ago.
“I’m so excited to announce the formidable Sophie Turner as our Lara alongside this phenomenal creative team,” Waller-Bridge said at the time. “It’s not very often you get to make a show of this scale with a character you grew up loving. Everyone on board is wildly passionate about Lara and are all as outrageous, brave, and hilarious as she is. Get your artifacts out… Croft is coming…”
In early September, it was reported that the show would begin filming in January 2026, so we don’t have any release information just yet — but for fans of the franchise, it’s worth noting that the final season of the animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will be released on December 11.
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Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
