{"id":117535,"date":"2025-09-03T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/117535\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:04:08","slug":"sophie-turner-cast-as-lara-croft-in-tomb-raider-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/117535\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Turner Cast As Lara Croft In Tomb Raider Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone got a twin pair of pistols (and a holster) handy? There\u2019s white smoke emerging from the Tomb Raider chimney, as the next Lara Croft has been chosen \u2013 an actor who\u2019s no stranger to big action, with several franchises under her utility belt. Sophie Turner will be following in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie<\/a> and Alicia Vikander<\/a>, set to lead the long-awaited live-action series from Prime Video.<\/p>\n

The show was first reported on over two years ago at this point, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/a> as creator, writer and executive producer \u2013 she\u2019ll now be joined by Chad Hodge as exec producer and co-showrunner, with production on the series expected to begin in January 2026. \u201cI am thrilled beyond measure, to be playing Lara Croft,\u201d said Turner in a statement. \u201cShe\u2019s such an iconic character, who means so much to so many \u2013 and I am giving everything I\u2019ve got. They\u2019re massive shoes to fill, following in the steps of Angelina and Alicia with their powerhouse performances, but with Phoebe at the helm, we (and Lara) are all in very safe hands. I can\u2019t wait for you all to see what we have cooking.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen where Turner\u2019s Croft will be pitched \u2013 Vikander\u2019s version was heavily inspired by the reboot game from 2013, in a stylistic turn from the more outlandish Jolie version. Hopefully there\u2019ll be big action, relics aplenty, and a fresh take on the mythology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyone got a twin pair of pistols (and a holster) handy? There\u2019s white smoke emerging from the Tomb…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-117535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}