The future of several major franchises rests in the hands of Prime Video. The most high-profile is, without doubt, the James Bond franchise, as Prime Video gears up to usher in a new era of 007 following two decades of Daniel Craig‘s suave fan favorite. After acquiring the iconic spy series for an eye-watering $1 billion, work began on finding the new Bond, with the shortlist now seemingly down to just a handful of names. Whoever the next 007 is, they are in the capable hands of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knightand modern directorial genius Denis Villeneuve, who will join forces on the next movie.
But what else is Prime Video now in charge of? Perhaps the second most notable of the franchises receiving the streamer’s big-budget treatment is Tomb Raider, the video game phenomenon that dates back to 1996. Fleabag‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridgetakes on the role of creator, writer, and co-showrunner for the new series adaptation, with the iconic role of Lara Croft awarded to Game of Thrones favorite Sophie Turner, who was most recently seen starring in the suave crime thriller Steal.
Turner’s casting has received plenty of praise, with many seeing this as the obvious next step for one of the most exciting talents working today. Now, courtesy of an exclusive from Radio Times, Turner has the blessing of an important former figure to portray Lara Croft. Jonell Elliott, who voiced the character between 1999’s Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation and 2003’s Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness , said at the Tomb Raider 30 event, “I think she is brilliantly cast.” She continued:
“I mean, I loved her in Game of Thrones. I loved that series, and I thought she… I just think she’s amazing. Um, so I’m excited to see what she brings to the character, and, uh, yeah, I think she’ll be magnificent.”
“I mean, I loved her in Game of Thrones. I loved that series, and I thought she… I just think she’s amazing. Um, so I’m excited to see what she brings to the character, and, uh, yeah, I think she’ll be magnificent.”
Asked if there’s anything the series shouldn’t do, Elliott responded:
“No. I, I hope that they, you know, still keep her sassy, sort of acerbic, dry humour vibe. That would be good. Yeah.”
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“No. I, I hope that they, you know, still keep her sassy, sort of acerbic, dry humour vibe. That would be good. Yeah.”
Six actors. One role. Your answers point to the Bond who shares your presence, your method, and your particular way of carrying the weight of being the most dangerous person in the room.
You are the original — and you carry that fact without needing to announce it. There is an authority in the way you occupy a room that others spend careers trying to replicate.
You don’t explain yourself, justify yourself, or soften yourself for anyone’s comfort. The confidence is structural, not performed.
Connery’s Bond established everything — the tone, the danger, the cool — because Connery himself had the innate presence to make something that had never existed feel inevitable.
You share that quality: the sense that you were always going to end up exactly here, doing exactly this.
The name is Bond. In your case, it always was.
You understand something that more serious people miss: that wit is its own form of intelligence, and that making people laugh is not a retreat from danger but a way of mastering it.
Moore’s Bond is underrated precisely because the effortlessness looks easy — and effortlessness is the hardest thing to manufacture.
You have the same quality: a lightness that disarms people before they realise how sharp you actually are.
The raised eyebrow, the perfectly timed quip, the refusal to be rattled — these are not affectations. They are a philosophy about how to move through a world that would like to take itself too seriously.
You have never let it.
You took the role seriously when everyone wanted you to coast — and that refusal to take the easy version of anything is the most defining thing about you.
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Dalton’s Bond has genuine moral weight: he feels the cost of what he does, he has lines he won’t cross, and he is not interested in the version of himself that pretends otherwise.
You share that intensity. You push harder than the situation technically requires, because you have a standard and you hold yourself to it.
He was ahead of his time — the Bond the franchise wasn’t quite ready for yet, arriving exactly when he was meant to.
You know what that feels like.
You are the complete package — and you know it, which is part of what makes you so effective and occasionally so infuriating to the people around you.
Brosnan arrived at the role looking exactly like Bond was supposed to look, and he delivered on that expectation with a professionalism that made it seem effortless.
You have the same quality: a smooth competence, a charm that operates like a precision instrument, and the ability to make even difficult things look like they weren’t.
His era was the most commercially successful in the franchise’s history. There is a reason for that.
The reason is that some people simply fit their moment perfectly. You are one of those people.
You stepped into something enormous with less preparation than anyone around you thought was sufficient — and you delivered something genuine anyway, which is the more impressive achievement.
Lazenby’s single outing is, by many measures, one of the finest Bond films ever made — and he is not a small part of why.
You share his quality of raw authenticity: less polished than the alternatives, more honest for it, capable of something real that technique alone can’t produce.
He was underestimated, and then he wasn’t, and then history caught up with him.
You are the kind of person history catches up with. Give it time.
You stripped everything back and found what was underneath — and what was underneath was harder, more honest, and more human than anyone expected.
Craig’s Bond is the franchise’s most psychologically complete: a man doing a brutal job, carrying its costs imperfectly, capable of love and loss in ways that can’t be dismissed.
You share that depth. You don’t hide behind the role or the charm or the suit — you let the work show what it actually costs.
He was controversial from the moment he was announced and definitive by the time he was finished. The sceptics became the believers.
That arc — of being underestimated and then undeniable — is one you know intimately.
Who Else Features in the New ‘Tomb Raider’ Series?
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Turner is, of course, the most high-profile casting for Prime Video’s Tomb Raider series, and there’s plenty of excitement about her involvement. But who else has been cast? Alien and Avatar favorite Sigourney Weaverjoins Turner following her role in this summer’s The Mandalorian and Grogu, alongside Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs, Martin Bobb-Semple, Jack Bannon, and many more.
For more updates, stay tuned to Collider.
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