Sigourney Weaver May Join Amazon’s Tomb Raider Series

Alien star Sigourney Weaver is in talks for a role in Amazon Prime Video’s new live-action Tomb Raider series, reports Deadline. Weaver, whose voice audiences will hear next week in Avatar: Fire and Ash and in 2026 in The Mandalorian & Grogu, is currently in active negotiations.

If a deal is reached, Weaver will join Sophie Turner, who was previously cast as Lara Croft. The series is created, written, and executive produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, with production scheduled to begin on January 19, 2026. Chad Hodge serves as co-showrunner and executive producer. Jonathan Van Tulleken is the director and the second executive producer.

The series is being produced by Story Kitchen, Amazon MGM, and Crystal Dynamics, with no release window announced yet. Plot details remain under wraps, though Story Kitchen previously stated that the project aims to “reimagine the franchise on a mass scale” and unite the new live-action story with future games into a “unified narrative universe.”

The Tomb Raider franchise is indeed undergoing major revitalization. The live-action series has been in development since 2023, and in 2024 Netflix released the anime Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, with its final second season arriving on December 11.

The gaming side is also moving: Shadow of the Tomb Raider came out back in 2018, but Crystal Dynamics has already confirmed that a new installment is in development on Unreal Engine 5. An announcement is expected at The Game Awards — the teaser hints at a future-era Lara. We may also see the reveal of a remake of the original 1996 game.