Tomb Raider is an upcoming television series developed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the action-adventure video game franchise created by Toby Gard and Paul Douglas, the series stars Sophie Turner as Lara Croft alongside Martin Bobb-Semple, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, and Bill Paterson.
Amazon signed a deal with Crystal Dynamics to distribute future installments of the video game franchise in 2022. The following year, they expanded their deal to produce live-action projects, and the series was announced on January 2023, with Waller-Bridge developing the project, and Legendary Television and Dmitri M. Johnson's Story Kitchen, who previously produced the animated series ', producing. Turner was cast as Lara Croft on September 2025, while the rest of the cast was announced throughout the year.
Tomb Raider is set to be released on Amazon Prime Video.
Following the cancellation of a sequel to the 2018 film adaptation in July 2022, the Embracer Group, who own Crystal Dynamics, launched a bidding war for the film rights to the franchise. The rights were ultimately acquired by Dmitri M. Johnson's Story Kitchen and Legendary Entertainment, who then produced the animated television series ' for Netflix, while in December 2022, Amazon signed a deal with Crystal Dynamics to publish future installments of the video game franchise.
In late January 2023, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the company expended their deal to produce live-action projects, and that Phoebe Waller-Bridge was developing a Tomb Raider television series for Amazon Prime Video. Johnson's Story Kitchen and Legendary Television were confirmed as the companies co-producing the series, following them previously acquiring the adaptations rights, while Megan McDonnell was hired to write the series. The series was greenlit in May 2024 by Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios. Waller-Bridge wrote the series and is an executive producer alongside Jenny Robbins through Wells Street Productions. Other executive producers include Chad Hodge as co-showrunner, Michael Scheel, and from Story Kitchen, Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, Timothy I. Stevenson, and Dallas Dickinson. Matt McInnis is the co-executive producer, and Jan R. Martin is a producer.
By late October 2024, Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton were in the running for the role of Lara Croft, with Turner entering negotiation for the role the following month. She was officially confirmed in September 2025. In December, Martin Bobb-Semple, Sigourney Weaver and Jason Isaacs were cast. In January 2026, Bill Paterson joined the cast.
Principal photography began on 15 January 2026, at Shinfield Studios in Berkshire, and in London. In early February 2026, Turner filmed scenes on location in a forest in Surrey, including parachuting over a lake while connected to a safety apparatus. From 13 February to 25 February, the historic Wrest Park estate in Bedfordshire was shut down to visitors for filming. On 29 March 2026, principal photography was halted for two weeks after Turner suffered minor back injuries. An Amazon spokesperson told Variety that filming was halted as a "precaution" in order to "allow her time to recover".