Amazon Prime Video has rounded out the cast for its “Tomb Raider” series.
Officially joining the video game adaptation are Sigourney Weaver, who Variety previously reported to be eyeing a role, as well as Jason Isaacs, Celia Imrie, Bill Paterson, Martin Bobb-Semple, Jack Bannon, John Heffernan, Paterson Joseph, Sasha Luss, Juliette Motamed and August Wittgenstein. As previously announced, Sophie Turner leads the series as Lara Croft.
Of them, three are playing previously existing roles within the “Tomb Raiders” franchise: Isaacs plays Lara’s uncle Atlas DeMornay; Patterson plays Winston, the Croft family butler; and Bobb-Semple plays Zip, Lara’s tech support and friend.
Weaver plays one of the new characters: Evelyn Wallis, who is described as “a mysterious, high-flying woman who is keen to exploit Lara’s talents.”
Bannon plays Gerry, “Lara’s personal pilot and snack collector.”
Heffernan plays David, “an exhausted government official who finds himself tangled up in Lara’s unusual world.”
Imrie plays Francine, the head of advancement at the British Museum, focused solely on raising funds and glasses of champagne.”
Joseph plays Thomas Warner, “a senior government official brought in to clean up an almighty mess.”
Luss plays Sasha, “a fierce, deeply competitive new adversary of Lara’s.”
Motamed plays Georgia, “a devoted, by-the-books curator at the British Museum, dedicated to the ‘proper’ preservation of history.”
Wittgenstein plays Lukas, “an illegal raider who shares history with Lara in more ways than one.”
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the creator of the “Tomb Raider” series and serves as co-showrunner alongside Chad Hodge. Executive producers include Waller-Bridge and Jenny Robins via Wells Street Films; Hodge; director Jonathan Van Tulleken; Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg and Timothy I. Stevenson via Story Kitchen; and Michael Scheel. Matt McInnis serves as co-executive producer and Jan R. Martin serves as producer. Amazon MGM Studios, Crystal Dynamics and Legendary Television produce.
