Sophie Turner has pretty much mellowed down ever since she starred as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, but it looks like she’s going to be joining a project soon based on a big IP.
According to Deadline, Turner is currently in talks to star as Lara Croft in yet another adaptation of the hit video game franchise Tomb Raider. The series is being developed over at Amazon MG Studios, and they’ve tapped Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge to develop the show.
Admittedly, the last successful adaptations of Tomb Raider were the Angelina Jolie films, and even those fizzled out at the box office. The last stab at a live-action version of Lara came out in 2018 with Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) playing the lead.
There’s also the animated series that released on Netflix recently:
We don’t know much about the new series yet, but it’s said that the series is aiming to be ‘epic’ in scale with the promise of a globe-trotting adventure. Though I would prefer Waller-Bridge to just gives us shows about socially (and sexually) awkward adult women, I’m interested to see how she could tackle a franchise like Tomb Raider; maybe she picked up a thing or two while she was working on the last Indiana Jones film.
As for Turner, I’ll admit, I only ever noticed her play Sansa Stark for a long while, and the only other memorable role for her that I can remember is her short cameo in Do Revenge where she goes on an epic rant about cocaine:
I don’t imagine her Lara would have that energy, but she’s sure welcome to surprise me.
No release date has been set for the upcoming Tomb Raider adaptation from Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
