As previously reported, Lara Croft is expected to return to the small screen with a Tomb Raider series at Amazon Prime Video, and Deadline now writes that Game of Thrones and X-Men star Sophie Turner is in talks to star.

Fleabag icon Phoebe Waller-Bridge is developing and writing the upcoming adventure series, which Amazon has described as being epic and globe-trotting. Croft has been played in live-action by both Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander.

“If I could tell my teenage self this was happening I think she’d explode. 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,” Waller-Bridge said in a statement. She will executive produce the project alongside Ryan Andolina and Amanda Greenblatt.

Never ones to pass up some cash-grab opportunities, Amazon also announced they were developing a Tomb Raider movie and video game, all intended to be set in the same universe.

Sophie Turner has recently been seen in a number of TV mini-series like Joan, The Staircase, and Survive.

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