{"id":2350860,"date":"2026-03-30T02:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2350860"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:01:18","slug":"injury-sidelines-sophie-turner-shutting-down-tomb-raider-series-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/injury-sidelines-sophie-turner-shutting-down-tomb-raider-series-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury sidelines Sophie Turner, shutting down \u201cTomb Raider\u201d series production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:1242px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>Sophie Turner in March 2025<br \/>Credit: Marc Piasecki\/WireImage<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Sophie Turner has been injured, causing a halt on the production of the upcoming <em>Tomb Raider <\/em>live-action series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Sophie Turner recently experienced a minor injury,&#8221; Amazon MGM Studios told EW in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>The first live-action <em>Tomb Raider <\/em>series is being developed by <em>Fleabag <\/em>star Phoebe Waller-Bridge and stars Turner, Sigourney Weaver, and Jason Isaacs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/sophie-turner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sophie Turner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Sophie Turner<\/a> has been injured, causing a production halt on the highly anticipated <em>Tomb Raider <\/em>series, in which the <em>Game of Thrones <\/em>star plays heiress and adventurer Lara Croft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sophie Turner recently experienced a minor injury. As a precaution, production has briefly paused to allow her time to recover. We look forward to resuming production as soon as possible,&#8221; Amazon MGM Studios said in a statement shared with <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon announced that production on <em>Tomb Raider <\/em>kicked off on January 15. Based on the beloved video game series that was adapted into a popular pair of films starring Angelina Jolie in the early 2000s, the property&#8217;s first live-action series adaptation does not yet have a release date.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tomb Raider <\/em>has been a viable site for adaptation ever since the first game released in 1996. The first Jolie film, <em>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider<\/em>, grossed over double its budget in 2001, while sequel <em>The Cradle of Life <\/em>earned $160 million on a $95 million budget.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of unrelated animated series followed, and in 2018, Lara Croft returned to the big screen in a reboot starring Swedish Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander, which similarly grossed over double its budget.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:782px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in a photograph captured on the 'Tomb Raider' production stages' backlotCredit: Jay Maidment\u00a0for Prime Video\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"782\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KPRy_6IvAoRK6xcbEwkE6Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNTI1\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_entertainment_weekly_articles_368\/01c32d4ae628071ba9ce41cb5744192e\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in a photograph captured on the &#8216;Tomb Raider&#8217; production stages&#8217; backlot<br \/>Credit: Jay Maidment for Prime Video<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Tomb Raider<\/em> game series company Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/phoebe-waller-bridge-jumps-indiana-154347005.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">announced<\/a> <em>Fleabag <\/em>creator and star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/phoebe-waller-bridge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Phoebe Waller-Bridge;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Phoebe Waller-Bridge<\/a> as the creative force behind the live-action series in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I could tell my teenage self that this was happening, I think she\u2019d explode,&#8221; the actress, writer, and director said at the time. &#8220;<em>Tomb Raider<\/em>\u00a0has been a huge part of my life and I feel incredibly privileged to be bringing it to television with such passionate collaborators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/game-thrones-alum-sophie-turner-170000042.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Turner's casting was announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Turner&#8217;s casting was announced<\/a> the following September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited to announce the formidable Sophie Turner as our Lara alongside this phenomenal creative team. It\u2019s not very often you get to make a show of this scale with a character you grew up loving,&#8221; Waller-Bridge said.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Waller-Bridge and Turner on the series are co-showrunner Chad Hodge, who previously created the series <em>Wayward Pines <\/em>and <em>The Playboy Club<\/em>, and Story Kitchens&#8217; Dmitri M. Johnson, behind the recent, highly profitable <em>Sonic the Hedgehog <\/em>film series.<\/p>\n<p>Turner&#8217;s castmates include Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Bill Paterson, and Celia Imrie.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/sophie-turner-injury-shuts-down-tomb-raider-series-production-11936876\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophie Turner in March 2025Credit: Marc Piasecki\/WireImage Key Points Sophie Turner has been injured, causing a halt on the production of the upcoming Tomb Raider live-action series. &#8220;Sophie Turner recently experienced a minor injury,&#8221; Amazon MGM Studios told EW in a statement. 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