The last time we heard anything about the live-action Tomb Raider series Amazon was putting together, it was rumored to be in serious trouble. Conflicts with showrunner Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the departure of C-suite figures that had supported the show seemed to suggest it was not going to make it. That was last April and nothing’s been said about Prime Tomb Raider since…so we considered it dead. Well, guess what, gang…it has un-killed itself! The show is not only back on, it’s more on than it ever was. Sophie Turner was officially confirmed by Amazon as their Lara…a casting I’m still not over the moon about. Last spring I said “I don’t think ‘strong rope-swinging superwoman firing guns at dinosaurs’ when Turner comes to mind” and I still don’t. The Waller-Bridge problem has been patched up with the hiring of Chad Hodge as co-showrunner, along with Jonathan van Tulleken as director and executive producer. Phoebe still pulls a lot of weight however as show creator, lead writer and executive producer. I wasn’t happy with Alicia Vikander as Lara either, but that movie was going for a more “realistic” take, which this reporter feels was a mistake….you see the Tomb Raider […] The post Amazon’s Tomb Raider Show Lives, With Sophie Turner As Its Lead appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.