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Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Hayley Atwell has joined the cast of Netflix's Tomb Raider anime series. The 39-year-old actress will voice the lead character of Lara Croft in the new series from Netflix and Legendary Television, The Hollywood Reporter said Monday.
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Deadline confirmed Atwell's casting.
The new series is based on the Square Enix action-adventure video game series. The show will take place after the video game reboot trilogy and follow Croft as she explores new territory.
Tasha Huo (The Witcher: Blood Origin, Red Sonja) will write the series and executive produce with Dmitri M. Johnson, Stephan Bugaj and Howard Bliss.
Netflix announced the show and a Skull Island anime series in January.
The Tomb Raider video games were previously adapted into two films starring Angelina Jolie as Croft. Alicia Vikander starred in a 2018 reboot.
Atwell is known for playing Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She most recently played Carter in Avengers: Endgame and voiced the character in the Disney+ series What If...?
