A new live-action Tomb Raider series from Indiana Jones star Phoebe Waller-Bridge is in the works
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Indiana Jones star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has landed a series adaptation of the popular video game Tomb Raider on Amazon Prime Video.
Waller-Bridge spoke on the project: “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.”
The British actor is best known for creating and starring in the highly popular BBC dark comedy Fleabag which explores the struggles of navigating modern womanhood. Waller-Bridge most recently starred across Harrison Ford inDisney’sIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destinywhere she raided an ancient tomb of her own.
Tomb Raider, originally known asLara Croft:Tomb Raider, is a video game franchise first introduced in the late ‘90s by Core Design. The games follow a female archaeologist named Lara Croft who must solve puzzles and hunt to find ancient artifacts.
The new series does not yet have an official synopsis, release date, or cast list, and it is not clear at this point whether Waller-Bridge herself will be starring.
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