Amazon's once troubled Tomb Raider adaptation — which now seems to be steaming ahead — has revealed a bunch of new characters and the actors who'll be playing them.
The show itself is still some ways off, with reports stating that it's only entering production at some point this month. Still, it's seemingly going to have some solid acting talent behind it.
So, for starters, we've got Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner playing Lara — that much was announced last year.
But now we know that Turner will be joined by the likes of Sigourney Weaver, Jason Isaacs, and Celia Imrie.
Oh, and Paterson Joseph — who played Johnson in Peep Show. We had no choice but to give him a special mention.
Here's a full breakdown of the newly unveiled cast from Amazon:
Canon Roles from the Tomb Raider series:
- Martin Bobb-Semple is Zip
- Zip is Lara Croft’s long-standing tech support and friend.
- Jason Isaacs is Atlas DeMornay
- Atlas is Lara’s uncle.
- Bill Paterson is Winston
- Winston is the long-standing Croft family butler.
New Roles in the Tomb Raider universe:
- Jack Bannon is Gerry
- Gerry is Lara’s personal pilot and snack collector.
- John Heffernan is David
- David is an exhausted government official who finds himself tangled up in Lara's unusual world.
- Celia Imrie is Francine
- Francine is the Head of Advancement at the British Museum, focused solely on raising funds and glasses of champagne.
- Paterson Joseph is Thomas Warner
- Thomas Warner is a senior government official brought in to clean up an almighty mess.
- Sasha Luss is Sasha
- Sasha is a fierce, deeply competitive new adversary of Lara’s.
- Juliette Motamed is Georgia
- Georgia is a devoted, by-the-books curator at the British Museum, dedicated to the ‘proper’ preservation of history.
- Sigourney Weaver is Evelyn Wallis
- A mysterious, high-flying woman who is keen to exploit Lara's talents.
- August Wittgenstein is Lukas
- Lukas is an illegal raider who shares history with Lara in more ways than one.
Again, it's going to be quite some time until we actually get to see this show in action, but Turner sounds enthusiastic about the whole thing in a fresh quote: "I've been a long-time fan of Tomb Raider and the character of Lara. She has always felt for me, very emboldened in a male dominated world. She’s a fierce female role mode."
Meanwhile, writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge says the casting is beyond her "wildest dreams".
Are you looking forward to this series? Or are you all about the recently announced Tomb Raider games? Whip out both pistols in the comments section below.