UPDATED: Amazon Studios asked Phoebe Waller-Bridge to write a TV series as part of a potential grave robbers Universe that would include television, film and games. According to sources, the TV series is in the works by the prolific Waller-Bridge, creator of flea bag and kill Eve and scribe on No time to die and Solo: A Star Wars Story, and she could also be involved in the potential movie. Dmitri Johnson of dj2, who secured the rights to the IP, is overseeing the development and production of the franchise.
The projects are part of a whole grave robbers Multi-platform universe compiled by Amazon, which also includes games; A few weeks ago, Amazon Games and Crystal Dynamics announced an agreement to develop a new one grave robbers single player game.
It’s an approach Amazon is increasingly taking. Last month, Amazon Studios acquired the worldwide rights to Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 game for Henry Cavill to play and produce the franchise in a universe that spans TV series, movies and likely games and animation.
On the grave robbers TV series, which Deadline has been following for several weeks as it works through the deal process, Waller-Bridge is working with Ryan Andolina, former head of comedy at Amazon Studios, and Amanda Greenblatt, most recently head of first-look and overall merchandising. together. As Deadline reported in December, the duo left their posts to start a production company together at Amazon Studios. Andolina has had a close relationship with Waller-Bridge, and there has been speculation about the formal or informal collaboration between the Emmy winner and the producing duo. Legendary would also be involved as rights holder; The company is also behind an anime grave robbers Series on Netflix.
For the Waller Bridge, grave robbers falls under its overall deal with Amazon Studios, which it recently renewed again.
It marked grave robbers‘s return to the MGM family. The studio held the rights to produce the film franchise, which spawned three films, until Graham King’s GK Films put the property on the market last year. MGM is now owned by Amazon; Interestingly, Amazon Studios, not MGM, is handling the proposal grave robbers Film TV Universe.
Angelina Jolie launched the film series in 2001 Lara Croft Tomb Raider, to produce a sequel two years later, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, both via Paramount. Alicia Vikander played the role for the 2018 Warner Bros. scattered Roar Uthaug reload assumed.
A sequel to this film has been in the works at MGM since 2019, starring Vikander. Plans for this film, to be released in March 2021, have been thrown into turmoil by the pandemic and other factors.
The action-adventure game was a huge hit after its debut in 1996, spawning several sequels and eventually the Jolie film adaptations.
Author: Nellie Andreeva
Source: Deadline
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