Alix Wilton Regan Cast as Lara Croft in Two Amazon Tomb Raider Games
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- Alix Wilton Regan is voicing and performing motion capture for Lara Croft in Amazon's two upcoming 'Tomb Raider' games: 'Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis,' a remake of the 1996 original launching February 2027, and a new title, 'Tomb Raider: Catalyst,' coming later that year.
- Amazon Games demo'd 'Legacy of Atlantis' for press at Summer Game Fest and has positioned 'Catalyst' — set in Northern India in the wake of a 'mythical cataclysm' — as a 'bold direction' that Regan says 'blew my mind when I was reading' the script.
- Regan was cast in August 2022 but didn't learn she was playing Lara in two games until full production began around 2024, telling Variety she's been working on both projects simultaneously for roughly two years.
- Sophie Turner will portray Lara Croft in Amazon's live-action 'Tomb Raider' TV series written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge; Regan and Turner — who know each other socially from London — confirmed they have talked after Regan was publicly revealed at the 2025 Game Awards.
- Regan said she's playing Lara 'ever so slightly younger and more wide-eyed' in 'Atlantis' than in 'Catalyst,' pulling inspiration from the original three games, Angelina Jolie's films, and Camilla Luddington's 'Survivor' trilogy turn.
- The 'Atlantis' demo drew its strongest single piece of feedback as the word 'fun,' a quality Regan called 'really nice' to deliver 'in such a complicated world at the moment.'
- The Tomb Raider rollout follows Amazon's launch of '007 First Light' and continued talk of another James Bond film, signaling the company's escalating push on classic British IP.
- Regan acknowledged Turner's casting while under NDA — at one party, she recalled looking Turner 'in the eye' and fake-congratulating her without being able to reveal she was already recording both games.
Why it matters: Amazon is stacking two high-profile Tomb Raider video games alongside a Phoebe Waller-Bridge-written Sophie Turner series, with Regan cast as the connective tissue since August 2022 — a multi-year, two-game commitment that gives the franchise a single voice actress who can bridge the 2027 releases and the TV show's launch. Two Lara Crofts running in parallel across media creates direct competition for audience attention and franchise momentum.
