“Tomb Raider” has paused manufacturing whereas lead Sophie Turner recovers from an harm, Selection has confirmed.
Turner is ready to play online game icon Lara Croft within the Prime Video adaptation, which is being written and exec produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”).
In response to British tabloid The Solar, which first reported Turner’s harm, the “Recreation of Thrones” star has aggravated a pre-existing again harm with manufacturing shut down for not less than a month and presumably as much as six months.
A rep for Prime Video instructed Selection: “Sophie Turner lately skilled a minor harm. As a precaution, manufacturing has briefly paused to permit her time to get better. We look ahead to resuming manufacturing as quickly as doable.”
A launch date has not but been confirmed however the collection is anticipated to drop in 2027. It’s unclear whether or not Turner’s harm will impression that.
The collection, which started capturing in January, additionally stars Martin Bobb-Semple, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Martin Bobb-Semple, Jack Bannon, John Heffernan, Invoice Paterson, Paterson Joseph, Sasha Luss, Juliette Motamed, Celia Imrie and August Wittgenstein.
“Tomb Raider” was first launched as a online game in 1996 and has seen plenty of revivals since then. Two new video games, “Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis” and “Tomb Raider: Catalyst,” are due out in 2026 and 2027, respectively.
On display, Croft has been portrayed by Angelina Jolie in 2001’s “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” and Alicia Vikander in 2018 film “Tomb Raider,” which was much less properly acquired.
There are excessive hopes for Prime Video’s model, following their profitable adaptation of the online game “Fallout,” starring Ella Purnell and Kyle MacLachlan, which returned for a second season earlier this yr.
The “Tomb Raider” IP is owned by Swedish firm Embracer, who acquired the sport’s longtime developer Crystal Dynamics in 2022, the identical yr in addition they purchased “Lord of the Rings” proprietor Center-Earth Enterprises.
