{"id":42247,"date":"2025-09-04T03:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T03:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/42247\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T03:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T03:40:07","slug":"tomb-raider-show-reveals-sophie-turner-will-play-lara-croft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/42247\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Tomb Raider’ show reveals Sophie Turner will play Lara Croft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sophie Turner can’t help but curse as she recalls her pregnancies<\/p>\n

Sophie Turner and director Carlson Young chat with USA TODAY’s Ralphie Aversa about how pregnancy plays a role in their new film “Trust.”<\/p>\n

First, Sansa Stark<\/a>, then Dark Phoenix<\/a> \u2013 and now Lara Croft<\/a>. Sophie Turner<\/a> has chosen a new onscreen icon to portray by signing on for Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Tomb Raider<\/a>” series.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 3, the streamer announced Turner, 29, has been cast as the treasure-hunting archaeologist who helms the nearly 30-year-old video game franchise.<\/p>\n

The team, which includes “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/a> as creator, writer and co-showrunner, as well as “Dope Thief” and “Sh\u014dgun’s<\/a>” Jonathan Van Tulleken as the director, will begin production on Jan. 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

“I am thrilled beyond measure to be playing Lara Croft. She’s such an iconic character who means so much to so many \u2013 and I am giving everything I’ve got,” Turner said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“They’re massive shoes to fill, following in the steps of Angelina and Alicia with their powerhouse performances, but with Phoebe at the helm, we (and Lara) are all in very safe hands.”<\/p>\n

Additional details about the upcoming series, including the supporting cast and release date, have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

The show follows the film franchise in bringing “Tomb Raider” to the screen. “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” was released in 2001 and pulled in $275 million at the global box office. Paramount Pictures’ follow-up, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider \u2013 The Cradle of Life,” had a more modest $160 million showing at the box office.<\/p>\n

Warner Bros.’ 2018 reboot of the franchise, “Tomb Raider<\/a>,” was a similar box office hit to the original, racking up $275 million in ticket sales.<\/p>\n

‘My privacy was being invaded’: <\/strong>Sophie Turner opens up about exhausting pregnancies<\/a><\/p>\n

Alicia Vikander, Angelina Jolie among stars who’ve played Lara Croft<\/p>\n

Before Turner, Alicia Vikander (2018) and Angelina Jolie (2001 and 2003) also strapped on Lara Croft’s boots.<\/p>\n

In contrast to the more sexualized look from the earlier films, Vikander in 2018 told USA TODAY<\/a> her character’s look in the origin story film “kind of morphed, just by itself. It really feels like it\u2019s been taken to our time, something a 2018 audience will relate to.”<\/p>\n

Vikander’s version of Lara was a broke East London bike messenger who starts her\u00a0quest in a tank top and khaki combat pants as she searches for her missing adventurer\u00a0father (Dominic West).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before training, Vikander set a goal of achieving one pull-up, something she had never done before. (When she ultimately did six, “I was excited but surprised.”) Then she dug into the work, focusing on MMA skills, archery, weight and cardio training and a high-protein diet that cut out sugar.<\/p>\n

Though Vikander said she would be open to reprising the role, a sequel was reportedly scrapped, with MGM (now owned by Amazon) losing the rights<\/a> to the intellectual property in 2022.<\/p>\n

Contributing: Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sophie Turner can’t help but curse as she recalls her pregnancies Sophie Turner and director Carlson Young chat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[4957,6003,5999,840,1463,333,21573,365,434,5716,18,117,1237,5710,19,1297,17,3255,5714,526,5718,1216,1231,1382,6004,327,1221,5,5707,713,1234,6002,5997,5998,1215,7836,5709,5711,5708,31837,1442,1217,1238,31838,1214,1213,1230,19694,128,5717,5715,716,836],"class_list":{"0":"post-42247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-action","9":"tag-action-u0026-adventure-films","10":"tag-adventure","11":"tag-affiliate","12":"tag-amazon","13":"tag-amazon-prime-video","14":"tag-amazon-com","15":"tag-arts","16":"tag-celebrities","17":"tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","18":"tag-eire","19":"tag-entertainment","20":"tag-films","21":"tag-guides","22":"tag-ie","23":"tag-inc","24":"tag-ireland","25":"tag-life","26":"tag-life-now","27":"tag-local","28":"tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","29":"tag-modular","30":"tag-modular-story","31":"tag-movie","32":"tag-movie-reference","33":"tag-movies","34":"tag-neutral","35":"tag-news","36":"tag-now","37":"tag-overall","38":"tag-overall-neutral","39":"tag-paramount-pictures","40":"tag-paramount","41":"tag-pictures","42":"tag-point","43":"tag-prime","44":"tag-programs","45":"tag-reference","46":"tag-shows","47":"tag-sophie","48":"tag-sophie-turner","49":"tag-story","50":"tag-television","51":"tag-television-shows","52":"tag-the","53":"tag-to","54":"tag-to-the-point","55":"tag-turner","56":"tag-tv","57":"tag-tv-guides-u0026-reference","58":"tag-tv-shows-u0026-programs","59":"tag-u0026","60":"tag-video"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}