The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is officially coming to the small screen.
Sky confirmed on Tuesday that an eight-part series is on its way from Left Bank Pictures (the team behind The Crown and Dept Q), based on Stieg Larsson’s globally bestselling novels.
The program promises a “bold and contemporary reimagining [that] brings The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 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, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was famously adapted for film in 2011 by screenwriter Steven Zaillian. David Fincher directed Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara in the neo-noir mystery thriller, following disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist and troubled computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, who team up to solve a 40-year-old cold case. It was succeeded by 2018’s The Girl in the Spider’s Web, directed by Fede Álvarez.
No casting details for the show have been announced, but production is set to commence in Lithuania in the spring.
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 U.K., Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Sony Pictures Television will handle international distribution with pre-sale efforts already underway in the U.S.
