Fallout Favorite’s Video Game Reboot Is Officially Taking Over Netflix Worldwide

Netflix Success for Tomb Raider

Vikander’s Tomb Raider movie, released in 2018, is currently one of Netflix’s ten most-watched movies worldwide. The renewed attention comes as a new Lara Croft series is in production for Prime Video.

Vikander trained for the role and gained 5kg of muscle, the article says, to perform most of her own stunts. Her casting followed her Academy Award win for playing Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl.

Turner Takes Lara Croft Role

Game of Thrones favorite Sophie Turner is set to portray Croft in the new series. Phoebe Waller-Bridge is attached as its creator, writer and co-showrunner. The reported cast also includes Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Martin Bobb-Semple and Jack Bannon. The article says the production is currently underway, with no further details about its schedule.

Amazon’s Other Franchise Plans

Amazon has also taken control of the James Bond franchise, according to the article, after acquiring it for $1 billion. Production on the next Bond movie is expected to begin next year.

Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, will write the film, and Denis Villeneuve is set to direct. The article says Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three is expected this December.

Unrelated Action Hero Text

The article’s remaining material switches to descriptions of possible action-hero partners, including John Rambo, James Bond and Indiana Jones. It then begins a passage about John McClane but ends mid-word. That material does not connect to the Tomb Raider reporting, and the article does not explain how it relates to the headline’s Fallout reference.