Amazon Prime’s New Action Fantasy Series Tomb Raider: The Next Fallout?

Amazon Prime Video has a new exciting action fantasy series on the horizon that could be the streamer’s new Fallout. In the wake of the video game to TV boom, Fallout has distinguished itself among a strong class of shows, including The Last of Us, Arcane, and Twisted Metal, as a faithful adaptation and just a great show.

Prime Video has been building an impressive library of original TV shows, and seems to be willing to take chances on ideas and adaptations that other streamers would be a little wary of. Fallout is a weird show, but Prime gives it the leeway to explore all its strange, video gamey aspects, and critics and fans have responded with approval.

Prime may have another winner on its hands with the upcoming Tomb Raider TV show, which began filming in January 2026. Sophie Turner is set to star as the eponymous raider, Lara Croft. Tomb Raider is just as big a video game franchise as Fallout, if not bigger, particularly for an older crowd.

The series was first greenlit in May 2024 after years of rights negotiations, with news slowly trickling out about the video game series. Though there is no release date yet, it’s speculated that Tomb Raider will premiere sometime in 2027.

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Tomb Raider Will Likely Follow The Fallout Adaptation Playbook

Tomb Raider is Prime doubling down on video game adaptations, and if it gives the showrunner as much room to experiment as it gave Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworetn with Fallout, it could be another excellent addition to the platform’s library. If it follows Fallout‘s playbook, it should find success.

Video game TV shows like Fallout and Arcane have taken a different tack in how they adapt their source material. Instead of recreating a storyline from the games, these shows make an original storyline using existing characters and the universe of the games, and it sounds like that will be the case for Tomb Raider.

Tomb Raider Has All The Ingredients To Be Something Special

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From what we know about the Tomb Raider movie, it seems like it has all the ingredients to be a standout show. For one, Sophie Turner has been proving herself as an excellent TV actor over the past couple of years, showcasing a huge range you may not have suspected if you only saw her in Game of Thrones.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of Fleabag, is serving as a writer and showrunner. Tomb Raider will also feature a notable cast, including Martin Bobb-Semple, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Jack Bannon, John Heffernan, Bill Paterson, Paterson Joseph, Sasha Luss, Juliette Motamed, Celia Imrie, and August Wittgenstein.

Sophie Turner’s Injury On Set Could Delay The Tomb Raider Series

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It hasn’t been all good news for Tomb Raider. At the end of March, Prime Video shut down Tomb Raider filming after Sophie Turner injured herself while shooting. According to a Prime Video rep, it was a minor back injury, and production will only be briefly paused while they wait for Turner to recuperate.

The British tabloid, The Sun, reported that Turner had aggravated a pre-existing back condition and alleges that shooting will be down for at least a month, and possibly up to six months (via Variety). It’s unclear how far Turner’s injury will set the Tomb Raider series release date back.

Showrunner

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Chad Hodge

Writers

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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