Tomb Raider: Sophie Turner’s Lara Croft Gets Stunning First-Look Photo

Amazon MGM Studios has finally shared the first official photo from its highly anticipated Tomb Raider series from Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

The photo offers viewers a first look at Game of Thrones vet Sophie Turner as she transforms into Lara Croft, making her the third actress to play the iconic video game character in live-action following Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander. Turner’s version can be seen wearing the character’s signature outfit and red sunglasses.

Check out the Tomb Raider first-look photo below:

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The photo reveal serves as confirmation that production on the newest TV adaptation of Tomb Raider has finally started. According to the studio, Turner’s Lara Croft photo was actually captured on the backlot of the show’s production stages. The ensemble cast also includes Sigourney Weaver (Alien), Martin Bobb-Semple (Pandora), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter franchise), Bill Paterson (House of the Dragon), Celia Imrie (Nanny McPhee), Jack Bannon (Pennyworth), John Heffernan (A Gentleman in Moscow), Paterson Joseph (Wonka), Sasha Luss (Anna), Juliette Motamed (We Are Lady Parts), and August Wittgenstein (Das Boot).

The show is created, written, and executive-produced by showrunner Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who has been attached to the project for over three years now. It is executive-produced by co-showrunner Chad Hodge and director Jonathan Van Tulleken, alongside Crystal Dynamics, Jenny Robins, Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, Timothy I. Stevenson, Michael Scheel, and Matt McInnis, with Jan R. Martin set as a producer. It hails from Story Kitchen, Crystal Dynamics, Amazon MGM Studios, and Legendary Television.

Further details about its plot are still being kept under wraps, but it was initially described as an epic globe-trotting adventure. This marks the latest live-action adaptation of Crystal Dynamics’ hit video game series, following Angelina Jolie’s popular Lara Croft: Tomb Raider movies, and Alicia Vikander’s 2018 remake. As part of her overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Waller-Bridge had signed on to serve as the project’s writer and executive producer.

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