Netflix's Tomb Raider animated series ends with Season 2 in 2025

Netflix will bring its animated Tomb Raider adaptation to a close with a second and final season that will premiere on December 11, 2025, the streamer confirmed Thursday, even as a separate live action Tomb Raider series from Amazon prepares to begin production early next year. The announcements consolidate a shift in how the iconic video game heroine Lara Croft will be presented on screens in coming months.

Titled Tomb Raider The Legend of Lara Croft, the animated series returns with Hayley Atwell again voicing Lara and Karen Fukuhara joining the cast as Sam Nishimura. The season's official synopsis says Lara pursues a trail of stolen African Orisha masks, traveling the globe to uncover hidden history while contending with a mysterious billionaire seeking the artifacts and the potentially divine power they conceal. The series is written and executive produced by showrunner Tasha Huo and animated by Powerhouse Animation for Legendary Television.

The first season, which debuted in October 2024, received generally positive critic response and holds a 73 percent Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, while audience reaction was more divided. Netflix did not elaborate on the reasons...