‘Tomb Raider’ production ‘paused’ after Sophie Turner was injured on set

“Tomb Raider” has paused production while lead actor Sophie Turner recovers from injury, Variety has confirmed.

Turner will play video game icon Lara Croft in the Prime Video adaptation, which will be written and produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”).

According to British tabloid The Sun, which first reported Turner’s injury, the “Game of Thrones” star has aggravated a pre-existing back injury as production has been halted for at least a month and possibly up to six months.

A Prime Video representative said Variety: “Sophie Turner recently suffered a minor injury. As a precaution, production has been paused to give her time to recover. We look forward to resuming production as soon as possible.”

A release date has not yet been confirmed, but the series is expected to be released in 2027. It is unclear whether Turner’s injury will affect that.

The series, which began filming in January, also stars Martin Bobb-Semple, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, Martin Bobb-Semple, Jack Bannon, John Heffernan, Bill Paterson, Paterson Joseph, Sasha Luss, Juliette Motamed, Celia Imrie and August Wittgenstein.

“Tomb Raider” was first released as a video game in 1996 and has seen a number of revivals since then. Two new games, “Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis” and “Tomb Raider: Catalyst,” will be released in 2026 and 2027, respectively.

On screen, Croft was played by Angelina Jolie in 2001’s “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” and Alicia Vikander in the 2018 film “Tomb Raider,” which was less well received.

There are high expectations for Prime Video’s version, following their successful adaptation of the video game ‘Fallout’, starring Ella Purnell and Kyle MacLachlan, which returned for a second season earlier this year.

The “Tomb Raider” IP is owned by Swedish company Embracer, which acquired the game’s longtime developer Crystal Dynamics in 2022, the same year they also bought “Lord of the Rings” owner Middle-Earth Enterprises.