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Prime Video’s upcoming Tomb Raider TV series from Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge is reportedly “dead.” That’s according to sources speaking to Daily Mail, which said scripts for the series were taking a long time to come together and were deemed not ready for filming.
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner was reportedly the top choice to play Lara Croft in the series, but she may no longer be involved, the report said. Prime Video declined to comment when approached by Daily Mail.
The Tomb Raider series for Prime Video was greenlit under the leadership of Amazon MGM Studios boss Jennifer Salke, but Salke recently exited the company amid reports of a power struggle. Salke was said to be personally overseeing the Tomb Raider series, and now that she’s out, the series may be gone, too.
Matthew Belloni of Puck reported in March that the Tomb Raider series went through multiple writers rooms, with “tens of millions” spent on development costs.
Salke previously said she expected Tomb Raider to be a “huge franchise for us,” noting that Waller-Bridge was the right person to lead the project. Waller-Bridge spoke enthusiastically about the series, too, saying she thinks her career has been “building up to this” after working on the James Bond movie No Time To Die and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
While the Tomb Raider series may not be moving ahead, Amazon is publishing the next Tomb Raider game from Crystal Dynamics. This new game was never expected to be connected to the TV series.
Prime Video potentially dropping the Tomb Raider show would be just the latest major shakeup at the company, as it was recently confirmed that Amy Pascal and David Heyman will produce the next James Bond movie for Amazon after the company reportedly bought out franchise stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.
