After 25-plus years since the character’s debut, Lara Croft is returning in a different medium for a new generation. Deadline reports Netflix’s animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft arrives on October 10. The date announcement was accompanied by a teaser trailer, showing off Croft’s signature look in a brand-new style. View the teaser below.
According to Deadline, the series’ plot will follow events immediately after the most recent trilogy of video games (Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider), benchmarked as the Survivor trilogy. Starring Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter, Black Mirror) as the iconic heroine, Lara’s solo pursuit of invaluable treasure and ancient relics is interrupted when a powerfully dangerous artifact is stolen from Croft Manor. As Lara follows the thief’s trail, she will be forced to examine her true self and decide what legacy she wants to leave behind.
In addition to Atwell, the series boasts the voicework of Earl Baylon (Rise of the Ronin, Starfield) reprising his previous video game role of Jonah Maiava, and Allen Maldonado (Sneakerheads, The Last O.G.) as Zip. Deadline reports supporting cast will be announced at a later date.
Marking this as Tomb Raider’s first foray into animation, the Netflix-Legendary Television series is a collaboration between Crystal Dynamics and dj2 Entertainment. Deadline reports executive producers include writer Tasha Huo (Red Sonja, The Witcher: Blood Origin); dj2’s Dmitri M. Johnson (It Takes Two, Sonic the Hedgehog) and Timothy I. Stevenson (The Eliminator, The Spiderwick Chronicles); and Crystal Dynamics Dallas Dickinson (The Vicious Kind, PlanetSide), Noah Hughes (The Horde, Whiplash). Additional EPs are Jen Chambers (Youth And Consequences, Skull Island), Howard Bliss (My Friend Pedro, We Need to Talk), Tractor Pants’ Jacob Robinson (Don’t Make Me Go, Ready Player One), and Brad Graeber (Netflix’s Castlevania, Seis Manos) of Powerhouse Animation.
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is just one project in the works for the global franchise. Prime Video announced it picked up live-action series written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag). A film reboot will follow in the coming years following the last film iteration, which starred Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.).
Tune into Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft on October 10 only on Netflix.