Amazon Orders Tomb Raider Live-Action Series
Six years after the last Tomb Raider movie, Lara Croft is heading back to live-action at Amazon. Prime Video has announced that a new live-action Tomb Raider series is going forward from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of Fleabag and one of the leading performers in last year’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Waller-Bridge was attached to write the series in January 2023.
“If I could tell my teenage self this was happening I think she’d explode,” said Waller-Bridge in a statement. “Tomb Raider has been a huge part of my life and I feel incredibly privileged to be bringing it to television with such passionate collaborators. Lara Croft means a lot to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this adventure. Bats ’n all.”
It’s currently unknown if Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider series will focus on a younger Lara Croft, as played by Alicia Vikander in the 2018 movie, or the older and more experienced Lara as embodied by Angelina Jolie in the first two films.