It look like Netflix’s animated series later this year won’t be the only onscreen adventure of the second greatest archeologist known to man… Lara Croft.
Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge will showrun the new live-action series based on the Tomb Raider games and, while the always amazing Hayley Atwell is playing Croft in the Netflix series, it seems that Waller-Bridge and Crystal Dynamics/Amazon MGM Studios/Legendary Television are currently looking for an actress to play the role – Atwell, by the way, would be an amazing live-action Croft, just sayin’.
“If I could tell my teenage self this was happening I think she’d explode,” said Waller-Bridge, adding: “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.”
With a new reboot of the games and Netflix’s series all on the way, Crystal Dynamics studio head Scot Amos said: “These timeless stories span all media platforms to meet audiences where they want to engage with ‘Tomb Raider;’ it’s a critical step towards our future with fans everywhere.”
I’m all for a Tomb Raider universe on all screens and formats, I just hope that Waller-Bridge’s adventures with this famous Archelogist is more succesful than the last one she had with Indiana Jones.
Thoughts?
WATCH: Teaser for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft series
Source: Variety,
Marc
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