We’ve just learned that Sky is all set to adapt Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo into a new eight part TV series. The press release we’ve just received says that the series comes from Left Bank Pictures (The Crown, Dept Q), based on the globally bestselling novels written by Larsson.
The new version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?will bring proceedings into the present, grounded in the characters and investigative DNA of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels, with themes that carry heightened relevance today.
The Millennium novels have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.
Steve Lightfoot?(The Punisher, Behind Her Eyes, Spider-Noir) and?Angela LaManna?(The Haunting Of Bly Manor, Behind Her Eyes) will write and executive produce the series. Executive producers also include?Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore?and?John?Phillips?for Left Bank Pictures and Sam Hoyle for Sky.
The series will be available on Sky in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.?Sony Pictures Television will handle international distribution with pre-sale efforts already underway in the United States.?Sony Pictures Entertainment previously brought Larsson’s work to the big screen with the acclaimed 2011 film of the same name, directed by David Fincher and starring Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, and the 2018 sequel?The Girl in the Spider’s Web, directed by Fede Álvarez.
Shooting kicks off in Lithuania this spring.
