Sophie Turner To Lead Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider Series | Television

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Sophie Turner will take on the role of Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s new Tomb Raider series.

According to DeadlineThe Game of Thrones actor is in talks to take the lead in the Amazon series based on the popular gaming franchise. It had been reported last month that Turner was competing against Bohemian Rhapsody’s Lucy Boynton for the role.

The live-action series is a big priority for Amazon and will mark the first project Waller-Bridge has embarked on since joining the company back in 2019. The deal is worth a reported $20 million. year.

“When we look at a long-term commitment to a creator like Phoebe – we’re so happy now that we’ve kept her because she’s obsessed with and grew up playing Lara Croft/Tomb Raider,” Amazon’s Jennifer Salke said last month. “So the fact that she’s the creator and bringing this character to life, we think it’s going to be a huge 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 dark comedy Fleabag, she has 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 … after working on Bond and having worked as an actor on Indy, I feel like I’ve been building up to this,” she added 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 just bring back some of that ’90s vibe?”

She also said she intended to do “something dangerous and exciting” with the project.

The role of the archaeologist adventurer has previously been played by Angelina Jolie in two films and Alicia Vikander in another. Hayley Atwell also voiced the character in a recent animated series on Netflix.

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 ITV’s factual drama series Joan and will next be seen in heist thriller Haven.