Amazon: Bad news for lovers of this famous action!

What happened between Amazon and Phobia Waller-Bridge? In May 2024, the stream giant announced the production of the Tomb Raider series Live Action, led by the author/actor of the British script.

But if he believes Daily MailThe project would officially fall into the water. An amazing statement when we know that in November, rumors were circulating on the role of Sophie Stark in Game of Thrones.

Lara Cruff ends in the grave

According to the English tabloid, the stars did not fit this series: Waller-Bridge scripts took time and then considered good enough. The shooting had to start in early 2025, but according to the media, this year the agenda responsible for Sophie Turner did not help. But it would be Jennifer Salke’s departure at the head of Amazon Studios, which was put on the last nail in the Tomb Raider coffin.

The latter is a green light adaptation and which was directly overseen by phobia Waller-Khid’s work. Recall that the actor signed an exclusive deal with Amazon in 2019 (which made $ 20 million a year) and Tomb Raider had to be his first real project (he left MR & MRS Smith series during his development).

A series that had the potential

If Amazon has neither provided nor confirm this information, this is still a bad news for fans of video games who hope to find this heroin on these screens. Since its creation in 1996, Lara Croft has not been twice adapted for live action: the first version in 2001 with Angelina Jolie and one last in 2018, which Alicia Wickander held.

The Phoebe Waller-Bridge Series, who acknowledged that he was particularly a fan of video games, had to take a completely different direction in the television format that was going to investigate the character in depth. If the project is not buried, we still hope that we will have news quite quickly from Amazon …