Sigourney Weaver In Talks to Be a part of Sophie Turner In Tomb Raider TV Present

Sigourney Weaver is in negotiations to star in a live-action Tomb Raider TV present. The veteran actor is not a stranger to action-adventure flicks, having starred in enormous franchises like Avatar and Alien, with the latter movie incomes her Oscar and Golden Globe nominations in 1987.

In recent times, she’s been immersed on the earth of Pandora, with Avatar: Hearth and Water releasing in theaters on December 19.

In line with Deadline, Weaver is lining up her subsequent mission after Avatar, as she is near signing on the dotted line to affix Prime Video’s upcoming Tomb Raider sequence in a job alongside Recreation of Thrones’ Sophie Turner, who’s taking part in Lara Croft.

Particulars about her character haven’t been revealed but, however the sequence has been within the works for some time, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge because the driving drive behind the mission as co-showrunner, government producer, and author. Chad Hodge will serve alongside the Fleabag creator as co-showrunner and government producer. Jonathan Van Tulleken is on board as a director and government producer.

Turner’s casting as the long-lasting Tomb Raider protagonist was introduced again in September. To date, Turner is the one confirmed solid member, as Weaver’s involvement has not been formally introduced by Prime Video but.

Presumably, extra casting bulletins can be unveiled within the coming weeks since Tomb Raider will start filming on January 19, 2026.

After the Tomb Raider video video games turned bestsellers, Angelina Jolie starred as Lara Croft in two big-screen movies within the early 2000s. A reboot with Alicia Vikander was launched in 2018. Regardless of grossing $275 million on the field workplace, opinions have been combined, and a sequel by no means materialized.

Tomb Raider made its small-screen debut by way of an animated sequence on Netflix known as Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, with Hayley Atwell voicing Croft. The second and closing season simply dropped on December 11 on the favored streaming service.

Now a live-action sequence is within the works starring Turner and probably Weaver, with manufacturing getting underway in early 2026.

Alien was Weaver’s breakout position within the leisure business again in 1979. She then went on to star in different fan-favorite franchises like Ghostbusters and returned to the world of Alien by way of Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection. She reunited with Aliens director James Cameron when he launched the massively profitable Avatar movies in 2009.

Tomb Raider is not the one high-profile mission she’s engaged on. Weaver can be becoming a member of the Star Wars universe by way of The Mandalorian and Grogu, a by-product of the Disney+ sequence The Mandalorian that can be launched in theaters on Could 22, 2026.

Showrunner

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Chad Hodge

Writers

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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