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Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner returns as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider reboot (with Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge writing)

Amazon MGM Studios announced Turner & Waller-Bridge's collaboration to bring the massive Tomb Raider franchise to life, along with director Jonathan Van Tulleken and co-showrunner Chad Hodge

News by Grant DeArmitt, Staff Writer

Published on Wed Sep 03 2025

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You simply can't keep Sophie Turner away from being a badass, nor Phoebe Waller-Bridge away from archeological thrillers. Want proof? How about Amazon MGM Studios' blockbuster announcement (made September 3) that the duo - who made their bones with Game of Thrones and Fleabag, respectively - are teaming up to bring the massively popular Tomb Raider franchise to the small screen? That's right gang, Waller-Bridge will serve as creator, writer, executive producer for an all-new series, and Turner will star as lara Croft herself.

The announcement comes from Amazon MGM Studios' own social media, which revealed the involvement of not only Turner and Waller-Bridge, but also revealed the series director, Shōgun's Jonathan Van Tulleken, and co-showrunner, Wayward Pines's Chad Hodge. Both Van Tulleken and Hodge will also serve as executive producers alongside Waller-Bridge.

Much like the tombs which Lara is so good at raiding, however, there's a whole lot about this series that is still shrouded in mystery. A release date, for example, has not been revealed, not has the series's plot - whether that will be a whole new story or one taken directly from the games. We can, however, point out that this won't be the only dive into the franchise from a major streaming platform in recent memory - the animated Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, starring Hayley Atwell as the series lead, is currently streaming on Netflix.

That said, Popverse does our own croft-style investigations (well, maybe not as badass), and we'll be letting you know any info on Amazon's Tomb Raider series as we uncover it.

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Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.