Tomb Raider: Sigourney Weaver in Talks to Join Live-Action Prime Video Show

Sigourney Weaver whitethorn soon plaything into the satellite of Prime Video’s adjacent video crippled adaptation, arsenic the Alien prima is reportedly successful talks to articulation the formed of the caller Tomb Raider show.

A Deadline study says Weaver, who volition look successful Avatar: Fire and Ash adjacent week and The Mandalorian and Grogu successful 2026, is presently successful progressive negotiations to look successful the bid successful an undisclosed role. Her woody with Amazon has not yet been finalized.

Sigourney Weaver. Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ReedPop.

Should Weaver committee the latest ace astatine a live-action Tomb Raider adaptation, she’ll articulation Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner, who has been confirmed to prima arsenic Lara Croft. Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) is attached arsenic creator, writer, and enforcement shaper connected the show, which is expected to statesman accumulation January 19, 2026. Chad Hodge is besides progressive arsenic enforcement shaper and co-showrunner, with Jonathan Van Tulleken successful the premix arsenic manager and enforcement producer.

The Prime Video Tomb Raider bid comes from Story Kitchen, Amazon MGM, and Crystal Dynamics and presently has nary merchandise date. Exact details astir however the caller live-action Tomb Raider amusement volition archer a communicative dissimilar what viewers person seen successful the past stay a mystery. However, successful an update posted to the Story Kitchen website past week, fans learned the amusement aims to “reinvent the franchise connected a monolithic scale” and interconnect the “new live-action tv bid and video games into a unified storytelling universe.”

The Tomb Raider beingness is undeniably going done a spot of a displacement arsenic of late. The live-action amusement itself has been successful the works since sometime successful 2023, with the animated Netflix show, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, arriving to assistance with the hold successful 2024. Season 2, its last season, volition get this Thursday, December 11.

While the video crippled helping of the franchise hasn’t received a caller mainline introduction since 2018’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider, fans person been told to expect an update astatine The Game Awards. A tease for the announcement, which was posted conscionable yesterday, signaled a glimpse astatine Lara Croft’s aboriginal that volition premiere this Thursday.

Fans person known a caller Tomb Raider crippled has been successful improvement since 2022, with Crystal Dynamics confirming the task is being built successful Unreal Engine 5. While we hold to spot however Weaver whitethorn acceptable into the adjacent live-action Tomb Raider adaptation, you tin cheque retired the Lara Croft redesign revealed successful 2024.

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