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Phoebe Waller-Bridge finally turns in first Lara Croft: Tomb Raider script for big budget adaptation of the video game - five years after signing $60M Amazon deal


It is almost five years since Phoebe Waller-Bridge signed her first $60 million deal with Amazon to develop, write - and possibly star in - some blockbuster television series.

And this summer the perfectionist actress and writer (who describes herself as 'creatively controlling') has finally turned in her first script, for a big budget adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game. And this summer the perfectionist actress and writer has finally turned in her first script, for a big budget adaptation of the Tomb Raider video game (Angelina Jolie seen as Lara Croft in 2001 film) Waller-Bridge is aware that her process hasn't been exactly speedy, and she has taken on some acting in non-Amazon projects, notably Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny and the animation If, in the meantime.

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