{"id":324130,"date":"2025-12-19T06:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324130\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:12:10","slug":"tomb-raider-tv-series-adds-another-big-name-to-its-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324130\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb Raider TV Series Adds Another Big Name To Its Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Video&#8217;s Tomb Raider TV series continues to add to its cast, with a new report saying Jason Isaacs will star in the show. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/tomb-raider-tv-series-casts-jason-isaacs-1236652706\/\" data-target=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Deadline reported<\/a> that the Emmy-nominated actor will appear in the show, but his role is unknown at this point, as is the larger story for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Isaacs is a veteran actor perhaps best known for his role as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movie series. He&#8217;s also had roles in the movies The Patriot, Black Hawk Down, Peter Pan, and Fury. On TV, Isaacs recently had a starring role in the The White Lotus Season 3, a role that earned him his first Emmy nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Size:640 \u00d7 360480 \u00d7 270<\/p>\n<p>\n        Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?\n      <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a> now!\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      This video has an invalid file format.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Sorry, but you can&#8217;t access this content!<\/p>\n<p>Please enter your date of birth to view this video<\/p>\n<p>JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031Year202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993199219911990198919881987198619851984198319821981198019791978197719761975197419731972197119701969196819671966196519641963196219611960195919581957195619551954195319521951195019491948194719461945194419431942194119401939193819371936193519341933193219311930192919281927192619251924192319221921192019191918191719161915191419131912191119101909190819071906190519041903190219011900<\/p>\n<p>\n        By clicking &#8216;enter&#8217;, you agree to GameSpot&#8217;s<br \/>\n                        <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fandom.com\/terms-of-service-pp1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fandom.com\/privacy-policy-pp1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>enter<\/p>\n<p class=\"video-caption\">Now Playing: Tomb Raider: Catalyst Teaser Trailer<\/p>\n<p>The Tomb Raider TV show stars Game of Thrones alum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/game-of-thrones-star-sophie-turner-confirmed-to-play-lara-croft-in-tv-series\/1100-6534452\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6534452\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie Turner as Lara Croft<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-tv-show-will-feature-avatars-sigourney-weaver-role-revealed\/1100-6536945\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6536945\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avatar&#8217;s Sigourney Weaver <\/a>signed on to play a character named Wallace. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-tv-series-finds-another-actor-joining-sophie-turners-lara-croft\/1100-6536605\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6536605\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British actor Martin Bobb-Semple<\/a> will appear in the show, too, in an unspecified series regular role.<\/p>\n<p>As announced previously, Fleabag&#8217;s Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the creator, writer, and executive producer for the series, with Chad Hodge (Single All the Way, Wayward Pines) joining as co-showrunner and executive producer. Shogun director Jonathan van Tulleken has also come aboard as executive producer and director.<\/p>\n<p>Waller-Bridge said in a statement, &#8220;Everyone on board is wildly passionate about Lara and are all as outrageous, brave, and hilarious as she is. Get your artifacts out &#8230; Croft is coming &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before Turner, the actors Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander brought the character Lara Croft to life in film. For her part, Turner said she is &#8220;thrilled beyond measure&#8221; to play Croft.<\/p>\n<p>As for the game series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/gallery\/the-game-awards-2025-all-the-biggest-announcements\/2900-7341\/\" data-ref-id=\"2900-7341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Game Awards<\/a> brought news of two new Tomb Raider games, including a remake of the 1996 game called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-catalyst-revealed-alongside-original-tomb-raider-remake\/1100-6536853\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6536853\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis coming in 2026<\/a> and a new game called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-catalyst-revealed-alongside-original-tomb-raider-remake\/1100-6536853\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6536853\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomb Raider: Catalyst in 2027<\/a>. These games will feature Alix Wilton Regan in the role of Lara Croft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/tomb-raider-actor-shares-her-heartfelt-farewell-to-lara-croft\/1100-6536958\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6536958\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taking over for Camilla Luddington<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Video&#8217;s Tomb Raider TV series continues to add to its cast, with a new report saying Jason&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-324130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}