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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Series Adapt in Production at Sky
Steve Lightfoot and Angela LaManna will reportedly write Sky's series adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Article Summary
- Sky greenlights an eight-episode series adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo debut novel.
- Steve Lightfoot and Angela LaManna set as writers and executive producers on the upcoming series.
- The new show will modernize Stieg Larsson’s Millennium universe with fresh, timely themes.
- Production for the series begins this spring in Lithuania with Left Bank Pictures producing.
When we last reported on the late author Stieg Larsson's popular The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo character Lisbeth Salander, she was set to be the focus of a series from Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Television, and Showrunner Veena Sud (The Killing, Seven Seconds). Unfortunately, that no longer appears to be moving forward – but it looks like Sky is stepping up with an eight-episode series adaptation of the first novel. Variety is reporting that Steve Lightfoot (Spider-Noir, Hannibal) and Angela LaManna (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Behind Her Eyes) will write and executive produce the Sky Original and Left Bank Pictures production. Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore, and John Phillips of Left Bank Pictures will also executive produce, along with Sam Hoyle for Sky, Amy Pascal, and Scott Rudin. The series aims to bring the action "into the present, grounded in the characters and investigative DNA of Stieg Larsson's Millennium novels, with themes that carry heightened relevance today," with production expected to commence in Lithuania this spring.
A primary reason for the franchise's 100 million-plus book sales worldwide, Salander's literary life began with Larsson's three original "Millenium" novels: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. Following the original author's passing, David Lagercrantz would continue the series with The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, and The Girl Who Lived Twice. Karin Smirnoff would carry on the franchise with 2022's The Girl in the Eagle's Talons and 2024's The Girl with Ice in Her Veins.
On the film side, Salander has been portrayed by several actresses. Noomi Rapace played the role in the original Swedish film trilogy (with Tehilla Blad cast as a younger Salander), while Rooney Mara played the role in 2011's U.S. adaptation The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Claire Foy would go on to play the role in the 2018 film adaptation of The Girl in the Spider's Web. Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Craig, and Sverrir Gudnason, respectively, portrayed co-lead Mikael Blomkvist in the big-screen adaptations.
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