Game of Thrones beauty in talks to play Lara Croft in Tomb Raider TV series

GAME of Thrones prima Sophie Turner is reportedly successful negotiations to instrumentality connected the legendary relation of Lara Croft successful Prime Video’s upcoming Tomb Raider tv series.

Sophie has emerged arsenic a front-runner for the role, edging retired contenders specified arsenic Lucy Boynton.

While the histrion has not yet commented publically connected the talks, this quality comes soon aft bid creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge delivered the project’s archetypal script.

Prime Video greenlit the bid backmost successful May.

It came blistery connected the heels of Phoebe's three-year, $60 cardinal wide woody with the streaming giant.

The amusement promises to travel the globe-trotting adventures of Lara Croft, the famed archaeologist and adventurer introduced successful the Tomb Raider video crippled bid successful 1996.

Amazon's concern with Crystal Dynamics - the franchise's rights holder - extends beyond television, encompassing imaginable movie projects and a caller Tomb Raider video crippled presently successful development.

In a connection made earlier this year, Phoebe shared her enthusiasm for the series, saying: "If I could archer my teenage aforesaid this was happening I deliberation she'd explode.

"Tomb Raider has been a immense portion of my beingness and I consciousness incredibly privileged to beryllium bringing it to tv with specified passionate collaborators.

"Lara Croft means a batch to me, arsenic she does to many, and I can't hold to spell connected this adventure. Bats 'n all."

Amazon Studios caput Jennifer Salke added: "This volition beryllium an epic, globetrotting series.

"Fans and newcomers alike tin look guardant to exhilarating adventures that grant the bequest of this iconic character."

Lara Croft’s bequest spans decades and implicit 100 cardinal video crippled copies sold worldwide.

The quality has besides seen occurrence connected the large screen, opening with Angelina Jolie’s portrayal successful 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, which grossed $131.1 cardinal domestically and became the archetypal video crippled adaptation to surpass $100 cardinal astatine the U.S. container office.

Angelina reprised the relation successful the 2003 sequel, though its show fell abbreviated astatine $65.6 cardinal domestically.

The franchise was rebooted successful 2018 with Alicia Vikander starring arsenic Lara Croft.

Sophie Turner's imaginable casting adds to her increasing database of projects, including her caller portrayal of British transgression brag Joan Harrington successful ITV’s Joan.

She is besides acceptable to look successful Prime Video’s Haven.