Amazon's Tomb Raider Show Could Be In Trouble

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There hasn’t been any official announcement, but according to some internal witnesses, the show Amazon has in development based on the Tomb Raider series…isn’t going well. In fact it might not happen at all. The show, which still has no revealed official title (assuming it isn’t just “Tomb Raider”), was first announced in early 2023, with superstar director and actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge installed as showrunner. Since she’d scored a major critical hit with Fleabag, and was a fan of Lara and the series, there was optimism they could collaborate to make something great. Amazon, which has partial stake in the TR property these days, needed it to be good. Then things mostly went quiet on the set. The most recent public news was the casting of Sophie Turner as Lara, which felt off, as I don’t think “strong rope-swinging superwoman firing guns at dinosaurs” when Turner comes to mind. It many not be something I have to worry about for much longer, though. IGN compiled a list of reports from various sources that point to several threats that could sink the show altogether. For one thing, Turner has other projects throughout 2025 that prevent her from filming this one. And […]
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[Kai]

Honestly, this whole thing sounds messy. Why announce a big project without having the script locked in? And Sophie Turner as Lara Croft never made sense to me.

 

[harrisonskreutzer]

I’m not surprised. Big companies throw millions at a name and forget that passion and planning matter more. You can’t rely only on fame. Waller-Bridge is great, sure, but this sounds like poor management. If after two years you don’t have a clear story for Tomb Raider, which already has decades of source material, that’s a problem. The fans don’t need another half-hearted reboot.

 

[KeanuReeves994]

Tomb Raider is one of the first game series I played as a kid, so I always get excited when there’s news about Lara. But this doesn’t sound good. It’s kind of sad, really. I remember when the first movie came out with Angelina Jolie and even though it was cheesy, it still captured some of that fun adventure vibe. Now it feels like everyone wants to reboot Lara in some “deep and serious” way and they lose the magic. I just want a good story and some action, not a development nightmare.

 

[Locke]

So let me get this straight: they hire someone with no plan, pay her a ton of money, cast someone who’s clearly not Lara Croft, and now everything’s falling apart. What a surprise. It’s not rocket science, just make a show where Lara explores tombs and fights cool enemies. How is this hard?