According to the official description of the series: "Following the events of the ‘Survivor ‘series, Lara Croft has abandoned her friends to embark on increasingly more perilous solo adventures. But she must return home when a dangerous and powerful Chinese artifact is stolen from Croft Manor by a thief with an uncanny personal connection. Her daring pursuit will take her on an adventure around the world and to the depths of forgotten tombs, where she will be forced to confront her true self, and decide just what kind of hero she wants to become."
In addition to Atwell as Lara Croft, the animated series’ voice cast includes Allen Maldonado as Zip and Earl Baylon, who reprises his role as Jonah from the Tomb Raider video game franchise.
The original Tomb Raider video game was released on the Sega Satrun in 1996 by developers Core Design and Aspyr and had sold over 2.5 million copies by 1997. As of 2024, twenty Tomb Raider games have been released.
The game was adapted into a multiple Tomb Raider film franchise starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft and later Alicia Vikander.
Tasha Huo is the writer and showrunner and executive produces Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft alongside Dmitri M. Johnson, Timothy I. Stevenson, Jacob Robinson, Dallas Dickinson, Noah Hughes, Howard Bliss, Jen Chambers, and Brad Graeber.
The series hails from Legendary Television, Crystal Dynamics, Powerhouse Animation, dj2 Entertainment, and Tractor Pants.
With video game adaptations becoming increasingly popular with the general public thanks to the success of HBO's The Last of Us and Amazon's Fallout, Tomb Raider is one of the iconic franchises being repurposed for new projects, but in this case, several titles are being set up: the animated Netflix series, as well as Amazon's live-action Tomb Raider series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge and a video game based on the IP.
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft launches Thursday, October 10. Check out the series teaser below.
