Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Tomb Raider is an upcoming anime series being produced by Legendary and published by Netflix.

Season One
To be added.

Season Two
To be added.

Cast

 * Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft

Development
It was announced in January 2021 that an animated series was being produced, set in the Survivor Timeline, continuing the adventures of Lara Croft. In June, Powerhouse Animation was announced as the animation studio for the series. On May 28th, 2021, showrunner Tasha Huo announced on Twitter, that the writing of the series has ended. On August 23rd, 2021, Huo stated on The Act Two Podcast that the first season would be 8 episodes long, at 22-minutes each. On September 1st, 2021, Variety reported that the series was sold to Netflix with a two-season order, meaning that a second season was guaranteed, and likely produced at the same time as the first.

Casting
When the anime was announced, Camilla Luddington and Earl Baylon - the voices of Lara Croft and Jonah Maiava in the reboot trilogy respectively - expressed interest to return to their roles on Twitter. On September 13, 2021, Deadline reported that Hayley Atwell had been cast as Lara Croft in the series, replacing Luddington. Atwell stated on Instagram, "It has been a real pleasure recording this for Netflix and Legendary. Written and executive produced by the brilliant Tasha Huo." - indicating that she had already made some progress on the project.

Rumors

 * Twitter user "Lara Croft for Smash Bros." tweeted on August 10, 2021 that they had seen casting information that suggested Zip would return in the anime as a reoccurring character. They also stated that the series would follow Lara Croft on a road trip, travelling the world and protecting people.
 * What's On Netflix later corroborated this on September 13, 2021.

Trivia

 * This is the second animated series in franchise history. The first was Revisioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series.
 * Powerhouse Animation also created CastleVania, another video-game adaptation, for Netflix.
 * The series marks the first appearance of Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft. She succeeds Camilla Luddington, who voiced the role since Tomb Raider (2013) untilShadow of the Tomb Raider. She also succeeds Minnie Driver, who voiced Lara in the Revisioned animated series.
 * Luddington previously expressed interest in returning to the role on Twitter, however, it appears she had been recast.
 * Earl Baylon, voice of Jonah Maiava from Tomb Raider (2013) to Shadow of the Tomb Raider, also expressed interest on Twitter to return to the series.
 * Shelley Blond gave her support to Atwell upon the announcement of her casting.