Amazon’s Tomb Raider series reportedly ‘dead’ after tens of millions in development costs resulted in no script

Following years of rumours, Amazon Prime Video officially revealed plans for a new TV series based on the Tomb Raider games in May 2024. The announcement’s big hook was Phoebe Waller-Bridge as writer and producer, who’s best-known as the creator of Fleabag and head writer of Killing Eve, and amped-up her own fandom for the series: “Lara means a lot to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this adventure. Bats ‘n all.”

Well, it was a nice idea. The Daily Mail now cites a source saying that Lara Croft’s mooted small screen adventures are “not going ahead”, while another source is even more unambiguous: the project is “dead.” Neither Prime Video nor Waller-Bridge’s representatives have commented.