{"id":678987,"date":"2026-01-07T02:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678987\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T02:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:42:11","slug":"tomb-raider-tv-show-whos-who-in-the-upcoming-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678987\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb Raider TV Show: Who&#8217;s Who In The Upcoming Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tomb Raider live-action TV series at Prime Video continues to come into focus. The streamer has now <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tombraider\/status\/2008542235701412335\" data-target=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> more cast members for the show, and confirmed other names previously reported in the press. Amazon also revealed the roles the actors are playing, including new characters created for the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tomb Raider boasts a plethora of iconic characters. I am thrilled to have been able to bring some personal and fan favorites to the screen while also introducing a few new rascals of our own to the mix. This cast is beyond my wildest dreams!,&#8221; Phoebe Waller-Bridge said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomb Raider TV show cast<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sophie Turner<\/strong> as Lara Croft<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sigourney Weaver<\/strong> as Evelyn Wallis, a &#8220;mysterious, high-flying woman who is keen to exploit Lara&#8217;s talents.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Martin Bobb-Semple<\/strong> as Zip, &#8220;Lara Croft&#8217;s long-standing tech support and friend.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jason Isaacs<\/strong> as Atlas DeMornay, who is Lara&#8217;s uncle<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jack Bannon<\/strong> as Gerry, &#8220;Lara&#8217;s personal pilot and snack collector.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Heffernan<\/strong> as David, an &#8220;exhausted government official who finds himself tangled up in Lara&#8217;s unusual world.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bill Paterson<\/strong> as Winston, who is the Croft family butler.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paterson Joseph<\/strong> as Thomas Warner, who is a &#8220;senior government official brought in to clean up an almighty mess.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sarah Luss<\/strong> as Sasha, a &#8220;fierce, deeply competitive new adversary of Lara&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Juliette Motamed<\/strong> as Georgia, a &#8220;devoted, by-the-books curator at the British Museum, dedicated to the &#8216;proper&#8217; preservation of history.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Celia Imrie <\/strong>as Francine, the &#8220;Head of Advancement at the British Museum, focused solely on raising funds and glasses of champagne.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>August Wittgenstein<\/strong> as Lukas, an &#8220;illegal raider who shares history with Lara in more ways than one.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Tomb Raider TV show is set to begin filming this month. However, there is no word yet on when the show will debut, or what it will be about, apart from telling the story of a woman who raids tombs. As announced previously, Waller-Bridge is the creator, writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner alongside Chad Hodge for the series.<\/p>\n<p>In other Tomb Raider news, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-starring-alicia-vikander-is-a-huge-hit-on-netflix\/1100-6537197\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6537197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 movie starring Alicia Vikander is putting up massive numbers on Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for the game series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/gallery\/the-game-awards-2025-all-the-biggest-announcements\/2900-7341\/\" data-ref-id=\"2900-7341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Game Awards<\/a> brought news of two new Tomb Raider games, including a remake of the 1996 game called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-catalyst-revealed-alongside-original-tomb-raider-remake\/1100-6536853\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6536853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis coming in 2026<\/a> and a new game called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-catalyst-revealed-alongside-original-tomb-raider-remake\/1100-6536853\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6536853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomb Raider: Catalyst in 2027<\/a>. These games will feature Alix Wilton Regan in the role of Lara Croft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-actor-shares-her-heartfelt-farewell-to-lara-croft\/1100-6536958\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6536958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taking over for Camilla Luddington<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tomb Raider live-action TV series at Prime Video continues to come into focus. 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