Sophie Turner enters negotiations to get the role of Lara Croft in the TV series Tomb Raider d’Amazon Prime Video.
Lara Croft has not said her last word in live action. After the Netflix animated series, a live-action series is in the works for Amazon Prime Video, it’s official. And the showrunner is none other than Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of Fleabag.
But who to play this iconic role, already played by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander in the cinema? A month ago, two actresses were in the shortlist for this series Tomb Raider : Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones, X-Men). This Thursday, November 14, Deadline has learned that Sophie Turner has been cast, although Amazon declined comment.
The Tomb Raider series will be on Amazon Prime Video
More specifically, now that Sophie Turner has been chosen, the cast is not yet 100% official. And for good reason: at this stage, the actress therefore enters into negotiations for the role. However, it seems unlikely that this will not succeed if the casting is so advanced. We can imagine that this is also a chance for Sophie Turner to find a leading character again.
Since the end of Game of Thrones and two X-Men films, she was discreet on screen. She still starred in the British mini-series Joan. She will also have the main role in Havena series planned for 2025 on… Amazon Prime Video. Furthermore, that the more-than-moderate success of X-Men: Dark Phoenix don’t forget: Sophie Turner was nominated for an Emmy for her role as Sansa Stark. She seems cut out for the role of Lara Croft.
What could this Tomb Raider series look like? Phoebe Waller-Bridge has already declared that “ there is room to do something really, really dangerous » and “ exciting “. And she is fully involved: “ Lara Croft means a lot to me “, she also specified. “ If I could have told my teenage self that this was happening, I think she would have exploded. »
The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios but also by Crystal Dynamics, which is also preparing a new game in the license. A broader, shared universe seems to be taking shape. In any case, it is on Prime Video that we find the very successful adaptation of Fallout — you might as well have confidence!
Source: www.numerama.com
