Sky has greenlit an eight-episode adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' written by Steve Lightfoot and Angela LaManna. The series will update the story to the present day, emphasizing themes relevant today. Production is set to begin in Lithuania this spring.
Sky, the European broadcaster, has commissioned a new TV series based on Stieg Larsson's bestselling novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," as exclusively reported by Variety. The project, described as a "bold" interpretation, is an eight-episode Sky Original produced by Left Bank Pictures. Writers Steve Lightfoot, known for "Hannibal" and "Behind Her Eyes," and Angela LaManna, who worked on "The Haunting of Bly Manor," will pen the scripts and serve as executive producers.
Additional executive producers include Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore, and John Phillips from Left Bank Pictures, along with Sam Hoyle for Sky, Amy Pascal, and Scott Rudin. The series will bring the investigative tale of disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander into the present, grounded in the characters and themes of Larsson's Millennium novels. As per the official description, it will explore a 40-year-old disappearance from a wealthy family with "themes that carry heightened relevance today."
Filming is slated to start in Lithuania this spring, with the show airing on Sky in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Sony Pictures Television, Left Bank's parent company, will manage international distribution, including pre-sales in the US.
The Millennium series, which Larsson completed three books for before his 2004 death—"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl Who Played With Fire," and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest"—has sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Subsequent authors David Lagercrantz and Karin Smirnoff have continued the saga. Previous adaptations include a Swedish film trilogy starring Noomi Rapace as Salander and Michael Nyqvist as Blomkvist, as well as Hollywood versions: the 2011 film directed by David Fincher with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig, and 2018's "The Girl in the Spider’s Web" featuring Claire Foy and Sverrir Gudnason. An earlier Amazon development effort did not advance.
