Summary

  • Amazon announced it was working on a Tomb Raider TV series earlier this year in May.
  • However, it has yet to enter production, and will likely spend the rest of 2023 preparing.
  • Because of this, Amazon has yet to cast the lead role of Lara Croft.

Amazon announced in May that it was developing a new TV series based on Tomb Raider with Fleabag creator and Indiana Jones star Phoebe Waller-Bridge writing the scripts. But a few months later—and over a year since it was first reported—Amazon still hasn't found its Lara Croft.

Amazon MGM Studios television head Vernon Sanders said in an interview with The Wrap that the team is yet to begin production and will likely spend the rest of this year preparing for next year. Part of that preparation will be casting the lead role; "We've got to find our Lara Croft, so that global wide search will start sooner rather than later."

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Sanders didn't reveal who if anyone is being eyed or what story the series will tell, and with production slated for 2024, we probably won't find out for some time now. But while we wait, there are plenty of fan casts to dig into.

Tomb Raider Fans Share Who They Want To Play Lara Croft

Melissa Barrera is high up on everyone's list after now-debunked rumours surfaced that she was in the running. If you've seen the Scream movies, you'll get why everyone wants to see her fighting dinosaurs across the globe—she kicks butt in a tank top.

Another popular pick is to bring back Alicia Vikander from the 2018 movie, as many believed that she deserved "a better script", saying that her "casting was great".

Others have put forward Scarlett Johansson, Kaitlyn Dever (who is playing Abby in The Last of Us), Sydney Sweeney, Amita Suman (who said that she would "love to do Tomb Raider"), Daisy Edgar Jones, and Hayley Atwell, who is voicing her in the upcoming Netflix animated show.

There are a lot of popular picks, Barrera among the most vocal, but with the search just beginning, all we can do is wait and see.

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Tomb Raider

Action-Adventure Systems OpenCritic Reviews Top Critic Avg: 85/100 Critics Rec: 88% Released November 14, 1996 ESRB T For Teen // Animated Blood, Violence Developer(s) Core Design, Aspyr Publisher(s) Eidos Interactive Engine Crystal Engine Multiplayer Local Multiplayer
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Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artefact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style, she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way toward the truth of it's origins and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun-cartridges in her wake.

On this trail are the most breath-taking 3D worlds yet seen - where exploration, puzzle and platform elements blend in a seamless real-time environment.

Over 5,000 frames of animation on the main character, Lara, alone.

16 massive levels encompassing four continents.

Unique multi-target acquisition system.

State-of-the-art intelligent third person perspective cinematic camera system.

Multi-genre immersive gameplay.

The first real 3D interactive exploratory adventure.

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