Tasha Huo tells TheWrap what went into those action set pieces and why Hayley Atwell was at the top of her casting list Showrunner Tasha Huo has always been a “Tomb Raider” fan. In fact, when she was a little girl,

A video game icon is about to set off on another globetrotting adventure. More than 25 years after her initial appearance, Lara Croft is strapping on her holsters once more to uncover ancient mysteries,

Tasha Huo talks building a bridge between the old Tomb Raider games and reboot trilogy with Hayley Atwell and Netflix's The Legend of Lara Croft.

Tomb Raider fans, bless them, spend a lot of time wondering how the series all syncs up. If the Lara Croft we saw in the original ’90s games is the same one as the rougher-around-the-edges Lara from the Survivor trilogy, then what happened in between to have it all make sense?

The Legend of Lara Croft showrunner Tasha Huo tells IndieWire about Lara Croft's cinematic adventure inspired by Chinese monsters.

Since her first tomb-raiding adventure nearly 30 years ago, Lara Croft has trotted the entire globe in pursuit of artifacts and international threats. So where does one even begin crafting a new Tomb Raider story, told entirely in unplayable animation? Showrunner Tasha Huo had a vision — and Netflix bought in.

Atwell, who showcased her action chops in last year's Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, also points to her time working on the first season of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft as a key reason behind why she would happily come back for more globetrotting adventures.

Lara Croft has had many death-defying adventures across the decades of the “Tomb Raider” video game franchise. The biggest puzzle for this iconic character has been her inability to find a worthy adaptation in other formats.

Netflix has just debuted a new Tomb Raider series starring Hailey Atwell voicing Lara Croft herself, but it disappoints compared to other animated adaptations.