Sophie Turner will take on the role of Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s new Tomb Raider series.
According DeadlineThe Game of Thrones actor is in negotiations to take over the lead of the Amazon series based on the successful game franchise. had been reported Last month, Turner was competing against Bohemian Rhapsody’s Lucy Boynton for the role.
The live-action series is a major priority for Amazon and would mark the first project Waller-Bridge has embarked on since joining the company in 2019. The deal is worth $20 million a year.
“When we look at a long-term commitment to a creator like Phoebe, we’re so happy now that we kept her because she’s obsessed with and grew up playing Lara Croft/Tomb Raider,” said Amazon’s Jennifer Salke. saying last month. “So the fact that she’s the creator and bringing this character to life, we think it’s going to be a great franchise for us.”
Waller-Bridge will serve as writer and executive producer on the series. Since creating and starring in two seasons of the award-winning black comedy Fleabag, he also appeared in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and co-wrote No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond.
“The opportunity to have… a female action character… Having worked on Bond and having worked as an actress on Indy., “I feel like I’ve been preparing this,” he told vanity fair in 2023. “What if I could take the reins of an action franchise, with everything I’ve learned, with a character I love and also bring back some of that ’90s vibe?”
He also said he intended to do “something dangerous and exciting” with the project.
The role of the adventurous archaeologist had already been played by Angelina Jolie in two films and Alicia Vikander in another. Hayley Atwell also voiced the character in a recent Netflix animated series.
Turner, who played Sansa Stark in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, has since appeared in the X-Men films as Jean Gray and appeared alongside Colin Firth in the crime drama The Staircase. She recently starred in the ITV fact-based drama series Joan and will next be seen in the heist thriller Haven.