Sigourney Weaver in negotiations to join the 'Tomb Raider' series

From the world of Alien Pandora's in Avatarto the The Mandalorian & Grogu and from there to Lara Croft.

That seems to be the next destination for the versatile and iconic actress. Sigourney Weaversince according to reports from the media Deadline, it is in negotiations to join the cast of the serie live action Tomb Raider which is prepared in Prime Video of Amazon MGM Studios.

Weaver is in talks to sign in a leading role, along with the previously confirmed Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) like next Lara Croftfollowing in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander, and Martin Bobb-Semple (All American: Homecoming).

No details of Weaver's role have been released.

The series Tomb Raider is developed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag), and has credit as creator, screenwriter, and executive producer of the series, and coshowrunner alongside Chad Hodgewho will also executive produce and Jonathan van Tulleken (Shogun), who will also be the director and another of the executive producers.

The production of the series you have scheduled to start on January 19, 2026.

In January 2023, it was announced that Amazon MGM Studios was building an entire universe of Tomb Raidergiving in the first instance the green light to this live-action series, in addition to a video game, and a new movie, this after acquiring the property rights.

The role of Lara Croft was played in two films by Jolie, and later by Vikander in the 2018 reboot.

It remains to be seen where Turner's Croft will be presented. Vikander's version was heavily inspired by the 2013 reboot of the game, with a stylistic twist from Jolie's more extravagant version. What will not be lacking will be action, abundant relics and a new perspective on mythology.

The series Tomb Raider is produced by Story Kitchem Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios. Executive producers are Waller-Bridge, Jenny Robins, Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, Timothy I. Stevenson, Michael Scheel, Hodge, van Tulleken, and Legendary Television.

We will see Weaver this December in theaters twice: first this weekend with Dust Bunnyand next week with Avatar: Fire and Ash. Next year he returns to the big screen with The Mandalorian & Grogu.