Actress and screenwriter Phoebe Waller-Bridge, recognized for her work on the acclaimed series Fleabag y Killing Evesigned a contract with Amazon to develop as a writer and executive producer an adaptation in television format of the popular action and adventure video game saga Tomb Raider.
According to the specialized site The Hollywood Reporter, the Englishwoman – who will return to the big screen at the end of June in the role of Helena Shaw, the granddaughter of Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the call of fatefifth installment of the saga-, will not play Lara Croft, also an archaeologist and heroine of the title, so the production is already searching for the main actress of the future series.
Apparently, the project would be the kickoff for the ambitious plans of Jeff Bezos’s company, which also has the idea of making a movie and at least one new video game to form a sort of Marvel-style shared universe.
About “Tomb Raider”
Tomb RaiderPopulated by voyages in which Croft has to find lost artifacts, infiltrate dangerous tombs, and explore ruins to combat his enemies, it was created by the British company Core Design and, after the release of its first edition in 1996, became everything. a phenomenon for both critics and users.
Its commercial success and the awards it received led the company to set itself the goal of developing a new installment annually for the next four years, but the pressure and wear and tear led to the fact that over time, and by the sixth game, it was abandoned. the difficulties in terms of development and the consequent drop in sales became evident.
In any case, both the video game saga and the character of Lara Croft -which had already exceeded 95 million copies sold last year- proved their validity, and the brand continued to expand in the form of comics, novels and movies.
In this sense, the audiovisual world opened its doors in 2001 with Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderSimon West’s film with Oscar winner Angelina Jolie in the title role, which she reprized two years later in Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Lifeby the Dutch Jan de Bont.
Then, fellow Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander reprized the role in a film reboot with Tomb Raider: The Adventures of Lara Croft (2018), they Roar Uthaug.