Phoebe Waller-Bridge is reportedly set to jot down a brand new tackle Tomb Raider for Amazon.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, sources declare the Emmy-winning star and creator of Fleabag is creating a brand new TV sequence based mostly on the favored recreation, writing scripts and government producing. Amazon is but to substantiate the information.
The character of Lara Croft, an archaeological adventurer, has beforehand been delivered to the large display by Angelina Jolie in two movies and extra not too long ago, Alicia Vikander in 2018. After that movie underperformed, a deliberate sequel was cancelled and in 2022, MGM misplaced their rights to the franchise.
In December, it was announced that Amazon Games struck a take care of Crystal Dynamics to publish the following instalment of the gaming sequence.
It was additionally announced in 2021 that Netflix would create an anime sequence that includes the character, voiced by Hayley Atwell, however a release date is unclear.
This week noticed information that Waller-Bridge can be writing and creating an adaptation of darkish comedy novel Sign Here for Amazon. The ebook, by Claudia Lux, tells the story of a man working in hell.
Waller-Bridge, whose comedy Fleabag gained 4 Emmy awards, not too long ago re-upped her take care of Amazon after different studios tried to nab her with sources claiming it was value one thing within the mid-eight-figure vary.
She had been connected to a brand new sequence based mostly on the hit film Mr and Mrs Smith alongside Donald Glover however left when her imaginative and prescient for the venture was completely different to his. The sequence, now co-starring Maya Erskine, is ready to be launched later this yr.
Waller-Bridge, who was one in all Bond thriller No Time to Die’s screenwriters, will subsequent be seen on the large display subsequent to Harrison Ford and Antonio Banderas in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Next yr, she shall be a part of John Krasinski’s fantasy comedy If starring Ryan Reynolds and Steve Carell.
