Tomb Raider TV show: release speculation, cast, plot, and everything else we know

Cameras are rolling on Amazon's new Tomb Raider TV show, which means we're one step closer to the return of Lara Croft in live-action. This time, she'll be played by Game of Thrones's Sophie Turner, and the first look (which you can see below) is a retro throwback to the adventurer's classic look.

Along with Turner, Amazon has revealed 11 new cast members, too, which only adds to the excitement. Below, you'll find everything you need to know about the Tomb Raider TV show, so you can get up to speed at a glance. While plot details are still thin on the ground, we've done our best to guess what you can expect to see when Lara arrives on Prime Video.

So, for everything you need to know, head below. You can also check out our list of upcoming video game movies to fill out your watchlist even further.

Tomb Raider TV show release date speculation

The Tomb Raider TV show release date is currently unknown. As of January 2026, production is now underway (which Amazon commemorated with a first-look image of Sophie Turner in costume as Lara Croft – check it our below). This means we can expect the show to hit Prime Video in 2027, or 2028.

The streamer tends to have a pretty quick turnaround time, though, with Fallout season 2 premiering just 20 months after the first season (compared to Wednesday's Netflix season 2 and Severance season 2, both of which took three years to arrive).

However, in March, production was paused after Turner sustained an injury (it's not clear if this injury occurred on set or not). "Sophie Turner recently experienced a minor injury," said Amazon MGM Studios to Deadline. "As a precaution, production has briefly paused to allow her time to recover. We look forward to resuming production as soon as possible." The shutdown is expected to last two weeks, so it seems unlikely it will significantly delay anything.

Tomb Raider TV show cast

In October 2024, it was reported that Sophie Turner was set to screen test for the role of Lara Croft alongside Lucy Boynton, best known for Bohemian Rhapsody and Sing Street. In September 2025, the show was given a production start date, with Sophie Turner officially set to star as Lara Croft.

"I'm so excited to announce the formidable Sophie Turner as our Lara alongside this phenomenal creative team," Waller-Bridge said in a statement, with Turner adding, "I am thrilled beyond measure to be playing Lara Croft. She’s such an iconic character, who means so much to so many – and I am giving everything I’ve got."

Then, in January 2026, Amazon announced the addition of eleven new cast members, including Alien star Sigourney Weaver as a mysterious villain of sorts named Eveleyn, Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs as Lara Croft's uncle, Atlas DeMornay, and The Thursday Murder Club's Celia Imrie as the British Museum's Head of Advancement, Francine.

The cast also includes August Wittgenstein as an illegal raider, Martin Bobb-Semple as Lara’s tech support and friend, Bill Paterson as the Croft family butler, Jack Bannon as Lara’s personal pilot, John Heffernan and Paterson Joseph as government officials, Sasha Luss as Lara's new adversary, and Juliette Motamed as British Museum curator.

The official cast list is as follows:

• Sophie Turner as Lara Croft
• Jason Isaacs as Atlas DeMornay
• Sigourney Weaver as Evelyn
• August Wittgenstein as Lukas
• Martin Bobb-Semple as Zip
• Bill Paterson as Winston
• Jack Bannon as Gerry
• John Heffernan as David
• Celia Imrie as Francine
• Paterson Joseph as Thomas Warner
• Sasha Luss as Sasha
• Juliette Motamed as Georgia

Tomb Raider TV show plot speculation

No logline or plot summary has been revealed yet, though showrunner and head writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge told Vanity Fair that she's played her way through all of the games – and was approached by Amazon to direct the show while she was in the middle of a replay.

"There’s room to do something really quite dangerous," Waller-Bridge told the magazine when the show was announced in 2023. "And if I can do something dangerous and exciting with Tomb Raider, I already have an audience of people who love Lara and hopefully will continue to. And that is a very unusual position to be in. It’s the old Trojan horse."

"God, it literally felt like that teenager in me saying: Do right by her, do right by Lara!” she continued. "The opportunity to have, as we were talking earlier, a female action character... Having worked on Bond and having worked as an actor on Indy, I feel like I’ve been building up to this."

She continued: "What if I could take the reins on an action franchise, with everything I’ve learned, with a character I adore, and also just bring back some of that ’90s vibe? And it’s such a wonderful feeling to think you know what to do.”

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke says that the show will contain "exhilarating adventures that honor the legacy of this iconic character" (via Entertainment Weekly).

The first Tomb Raider video game hit shelves in 1996, and saw archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft set out in search of an artifact called the Scion of Atlantis. Since then, there have been 21 more video games released in the franchise, with the last few releases being remastered versions of the first six video games. The film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and its sequel, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life, don't adapt a specific video game or storyline. The 2018 remake, however, borrows elements from the 2013 video game reboot. It's unclear at the time what direction the Prime Video series will take.

Is there a Tomb Raider TV show trailer

There is no trailer for Tomb Raider at the moment. Because filming begins in January 2026, we likely won't see a trailer until sometime in 2027... or maybe even at the end of 2026 if we're lucky. This may seem like a long wait, but there's plenty of Tomb Raider to watch in the meantime.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, starring Angelina Jolie, and the 2003 sequel Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life, are both free to stream on Pluto TV and available to rent via Amazon Prime Video. The 2018 remake starring Alicia Vikander is free to stream on Tubi and The Roku Channel, and is available on Hulu with a subscription.

For more, check out our list of the best action movies of all time, or if you're a gaming fan, you can also read our feature about Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered for the latest on the most recent entry in the franchise.