What started as an ambitious project with a star cast now ends in a thick pile of broken glass: Amazon's planned Tomb-Raider series under the direction of Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge was apparently stamped.
The project to transfer the famous video game archaeologist Lara Croft into series format has failed according to the matching media reports - despite the millions and a top -class creative team.
Big plans, empty pages
In May 2024, Amazon MGM Studios officially announced,, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge as a screenwriter and executive producer.
Her participation caused a sensation in the fan community and the industry. After all, Waller-Bridge had proven with Fleabag and Killing Eve that she can write complex female figures with a lot of depth. The best prerequisites for breathing new life into the action icon Lara Croft.
But the planned series only became an expensive experiment: After over a year and several teams of authors, a finished script should never have come about. We are talking about creative differences, structural problems in the development process and ultimately that Amazon lost patience.
The creative process stalled, there was no clear line, no coordinated concept.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is said to have shown great passion for the project, but according to insiders, its vision was not able to successfully translate their vision into a sustainable series format.
SeaPC GamerandEurogamerAmazon put a double -digit million amount in pre -production. Money that literally fizzles out. What remains is a place on the long list of never realized prestige projects.
Especially bitter for Amazon: Tomb Raider should be another draft horse in the competition with Netflix, Disney+ and Co. - a strong franchise that scores with a large fan base and global awareness. Exactly what streaming services love.
What does the end of the series mean for Tomb Raider?
For Lara Croft, this does not mean series-out, at least not in the video game area.which is being developed for the first time with the Unreal Engine 5. Hope for new adventures lives on here, even if the TV plans are buried for the time being.
For Prime Video, on the other hand, the incident is now guaranteed to raise uncomfortable questions: How can a project of such a size, with such a well -known brand and huge budget fail without a script?
