Amazon Studios has tapped Phoebe Waller-Bridge to write a TV series as part of a potential Tomb Raider universe that would span television, film and games. According to sources, the TV series is in the works from the prolific Waller-Bridge, creator of Fleabag and Killing Eve and writer on No Time To Die and Solo: A Star Wars Story, and she also could be involved in the potential movie. Dmitri Johnson from dj2, who had secured the rights to the IP, is overseeing the development of the franchise and producing.
On the Tomb Raider TV series, which Deadline has been following for several weeks as it made its ways through the dealmaking process, Waller-Bridge is teaming with Amazon Studios’ former Head of Comedy Ryan Andolina and Amanda Greenblatt, most recently Head Of First-Look and Overall Deals. As Deadline reported in December, the duo left their posts to launch a production company together based at Amazon Studios. Andolina has had a close relationship with Waller-Bridge, and there has been speculation about the Emmy winner partnering with the producing duo, formally or informally. Legendary also is said to be involved as rights holders; the company also is behind an anime Tomb Raider series at Netflix.
On the Tomb Raider TV series, which Deadline has been following for several weeks as it made its ways through the dealmaking process, Waller-Bridge is teaming with Amazon Studios’ former Head of Comedy Ryan Andolina and Amanda Greenblatt, most recently Head Of First-Look and Overall Deals. As Deadline reported in December, the duo left their posts to launch a production company together based at Amazon Studios. Andolina has had a close relationship with Waller-Bridge, and there has been speculation about the Emmy winner partnering with the producing duo, formally or informally. Legendary also is said to be involved as rights holders; the company also is behind an anime Tomb Raider series at Netflix.
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