PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE WORKING ON TOMB RAIDER

[ 14 June 2023 ]

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has confirmed she is working on a Tomb Raider TV series for Amazon's Prime Video in an interview with IGN. The Fleabag creator said the project was "the perfect final step in my own personal adventure through this kind of franchise world."

"There's so much I can incorporate," Phoebe Waller-Bridge told IGN. "I mean, the character of Lara Croft was inspired by Indiana Jones and James Bond. Through all the adventure stuff that I've learned from those [franchises], it's actually how to keep something feeling grounded as well as allow it to be bigger than itself in some way. And so hopefully that will all translate perfectly, seamlessly into Tomb Raider."

Earlier this year The Hollywood Reporter published an article stating that a new Tomb Raider film is planned following a massive rights deal for the Lara Croft-helmed franchise between Dmitri M. Johnson's dj2 Entertainment and Amazon. dj2 Entertainment is also reportedly attached to a new Amazon-fronted Tomb Raider TV series written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and a new Tomb Raider Anime for Netflix, written by Tasha Huo.

Hop on over to IGN to read the full interview with Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

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