Sophie Turner is sort of set for the lead position in Amazon‘s upcoming “Tomb Raider” TV sequence, Selection has confirmed with sources.
Sources say that the deal is just not absolutely closed but however is predicted to shut quickly. Turner will play the lead position of Lara Croft, the titular tomb raider. The present was greenlit at Amazon earlier this 12 months with Phoebe Waller-Bridge set to jot down and government produce underneath her Amazon general deal. It was first reported as being in improvement on the streamer in January 2023.
Reps for Amazon MGM Studios declined to remark.
Turner is the newest high-profile actress to tackle the position of Croft, who originated within the fashionable “Tomb Raider” online game sequence. The globetrotting adventurer was beforehand portrayed onscreen in two movies by Angelina Jolie and in one other by Alicia Vikander.
Turner is finest recognized for enjoying Sansa Stark within the HBO sequence “Sport of Thrones” all through the present’s eight-season run. She obtained an Emmy nomination for finest supporting actress in a drama for the present in 2019. She can also be recognized for her position as Jean Gray within the later Fox X-Males movies, particularly “X-Males: Apocalypse” and “X-Males: Darkish Phoenix.” Most not too long ago, she starred within the ITV/CW miniseries “Joan” and the Max restricted sequence “The Staircase.”
She is repped by CAA, Impartial Expertise Group, and Brecheen Feldman.
The “Tomb Raider” sequence is being developed underneath a pact between Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios which comes by way of dj2’s first-look cope with the studio to develop further “Tomb Raider” tales into sequence and movies.
The sequence hails from Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios and Legendary Tv. Govt producers embrace Waller-Bridge and Jenny Robins by way of Wells Avenue Productions, Dmitri M. Johnson by way of dj2 Leisure and Michael Scheel. Amanda Greenblatt and Ryan Andolina are consulting producers underneath their Star Occasion banner. The sequence is produced by Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios.
Deadline first reported Turner’s casting.
