We are officially in 2026, which only means one thing: Amazon's upcoming Tomb Raider series will finally go into production this year. The adaptation has been in the pipeline for quite some time, with writer and showrunner Phoebe Waller-Bridge signing her overall deal with Amazon years earlier before being handed a series order from the conglomerate and MGM Studios in 2024.
However, after many delays and even a cancelation rumor, the ball seems to be rolling on the upcoming series, with Amazon adding 11 new cast members, with Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner leading as none other than adventurer and archaeologist Lara Croft. But more on that later. Plot details, on the other hand, seem to be thin on the ground, but as the show is based on one of the most popular video game series of all time, we can hazard a guess at what it might entail.
Scroll on down for everything we know so far about Prime Video's upcoming Tomb Raider TV show, including release date speculation, cast, and plot. You can also check out our list of upcoming video game movies to see which of your favorites are getting the live-action treatment.
Tomb Raider TV show release date speculation
The Tomb Raider TV show release date is currently unknown. Though the show was first announced in 2023, production isn't set to start until January 19, 2026. 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 set to premiere 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).
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.
