Game Of Thrones Star Sophie Turner In Talks To Play Lara Croft In Tomb Raider TV Show - Report

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner is in negotiations to play Lara Croft in Prime Video's upcoming Tomb Raider series, according to a new report.

Deadline reported this, but there is no confirmation of a deal as of yet. Previously, it was reported that Turner could potentially audition for Croft in the series from Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Bohemian Rhapsody's Lucy Boynton was also said to be a frontrunner to play Lara Croft.

Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie played the role of Lara Croft in multiple Tomb Raider movies over the years, while another Academy Award-winner, Alicia Vikander, portrayed Lara Croft in 2018's Tomb Raider.

The Tomb Raider TV series is being made for Prime Video, whose owner, Amazon, is also publishing the next Tomb Raider game from Crystal Dynamics. This new game is not connected to the series.

Waller-Bridge is best known for creating the TV series Fleabag and writing and producing the show Killing Eve. She played Helena in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and was brought on to help improve the script for the James Bond movie No Time to Die.

"There's so much I can incorporate," Waller-Bridge previously said about her past experiences with Indiana Jones and James Bond. "I mean, the character of Lara Croft was inspired by Indiana Jones and James Bond. So there's so much, and it just felt like the perfect final step in my own personal adventure through this kind of franchise world."

2018's Tomb Raider movie made $275 million worldwide and is among the highest-grossing video game movies of all time. Plans were in place for Vikander to come back for a sequel, but the situation got muddied up when Amazon bought out MGM.

While you wait for the Tomb Raider series, a Tomb Raider animated show, The Legend of Lara Croft, premiered in October on Netflix featuring Hayley Atwell as the voice of Lara Croft.

As for the next Tomb Raider video game, there is almost nothing to go on at this point beyond the fact that Crystal Dynamics is making it.