Phoebe Waller-Bridge Teases Upcoming TOMB RAIDER TV Series and Compares It to INDIANA JONES

At the beginning of this year, it was announced that Amazon Studios is moving forward with a Tomb Raider TV series, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge set to write and executive produce. Waller-Bridge is just coming off the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and IGN caught up with her to chat about her action-filled career. When she was asked what she's able to incorporate into the Tomb Raider series after working on No Time to Die and now Indiana Jones, the writer/actress noted that the DNA of Tomb Raider exists within those two big franchises and is excited to find the blend of big scope and scale along with something that has a lot of heart.

"There's so much I can incorporate. I mean, the character of Lara Croft was inspired by Indiana Jones and James Bond. So there's so much, and it just felt like the perfect final step in my own personal adventure through this kind of franchise world. I love the idea of, as Steven Spielberg describes it, the greatest show on Earth, as in being able to make things with that scale and to go on adventures that big and for the comedy and the heart to be matched but on this kind of great, great level. And, actually, through all the adventure stuff that I've learned from those [franchises], it's actually how to keep something feeling grounded as well as allow it to be bigger than itself in some way. And so hopefully that will all translate perfectly, seamlessly into Tomb Raider."

Within this resurgence of the Tomb Raider franchise, Amazon Studios will also be developing a new movie and video games. There is no known release date for any of these projects, and everything is seemingly on the backburner in light of the writers strike. We will let you know when things get rolling again.