Phoebe Waller - Bridge‘slong - awaitedTomb RaiderseriesatAmazon Prime Videojust fill a adult leap forward with a crucial while of the puzzle : casting Sophie Turner(Game of Thrones)as Lara Croft .
Varietyreports that Turner “ is nearly set ” to star in the show , the first result of Amazon ’s big - bucks batch with Waller - Bridge — last learn starring in a different grave - raiding milieu thanks toIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny , but whose talent behind the camera are also well - established in projects likeFleabagandKilling Eve . The former Sansa Stark would be the latest to act the titularTomb Raidercharacter , who rise to papa - culture jut thanks to her blockbuster television game dealership , but has also murder the crowing screen with Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander offer takes on the adventurer .
The trade does n’t give any more details , but we did learn in late October ( viaDeadline ) that the casting had been specialize down to two potential Laras : Turner and Lucy Boynton(Bohemian Rhapsody ) . Presumably once Turner mesh in her muckle , we ’ll learn more about who else will look in the serial publication — and when we ’ll get to see it .
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