Actually, it didn't sound bad … A Game-of-Thrones star as Lara Croft, a highly praised screenwriter and a huge budget. But now there is obviously nothing from the series implementation of Tomb Raider.
Amazon MGM Studios had placed a lot to turn Tomb Raider into a series. After all, Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge was hired for an almost insane fee for the turntable belly and with Sophie Turner, the Sansa actress from Game of Thrones was even hired for the leading role as Lara Croft.
As the Daily Mail the millions, whose filming should actually start in early 2025, were obviously pulled into the toilet, but the millions, the filming of which should actually begin in early 2025. In this respect, this fits that Sophie Turner is apparently currently busy with other projects. According to sources, the idea of producing Tomb Raider as a series is dead.
One of the reasons could be that Jennifer Salke, previously boss at Amazon MGM Studios, left the company. At the time, Salke had given the green light for the series implementation and, after their success, hired FleaBag for a whopping $ 20 million a year.
However, too much productive has not exactly come out of the deal. It was reported in autumn that the script for the series was not even ready for the series, although millions had already flowed into the development. “Tomb Raider, on which Waller-Bridge worked and the Salke personally supervised, after announcing the takeover of the series last May. it says in a report. Waller-Bridge had not produced anything in three years, according to a statement by Jennifer Salke.
So does not look like Lara Croft could step into the success of the success of Joel and Ellie (The Last of Us) or Lucy, Maximus and the Ghul (Fallout). Netflix had a better hand with the animation series:
