{"id":231181,"date":"2026-01-13T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/231181\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:31:09","slug":"the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-tv-show-on-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/231181\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo&#8217; TV Show On Its Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/girl-dragon-tattoo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_girl-dragon-tattoo_2\" data-tag=\"girl-dragon-tattoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<\/a> is officially coming to the small screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/sky-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sky-2_2\" data-tag=\"sky-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky<\/a> 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\u2019s globally bestselling novels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe program promises a \u201cbold and contemporary reimagining [that] brings\u00a0The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo\u00a0into the present, grounded in the characters and investigative DNA of Stieg Larsson\u2019s Millennium novels, with themes that carry heightened relevance\u00a0today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe 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\u2019s The Girl in the Spider\u2019s Web, directed by Fede \u00c1lvarez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNo casting details for the show have been announced, but production is set to commence in Lithuania in the spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSteve Lightfoot\u00a0(The Punisher, Behind Her Eyes, Spider-Noir) and\u00a0Angela LaManna\u00a0(The Haunting Of Bly Manor, Behind Her Eyes) will write and executive produce the series. Executive producers also include\u00a0Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore\u00a0and\u00a0John\u00a0Phillips\u00a0for Left Bank Pictures, and Sam Hoyle\u00a0for Sky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe series will be available on Sky in the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.\u00a0Sony Pictures Television will handle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/international\/\" id=\"auto-tag_international_2\" data-tag=\"international\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">international<\/a> distribution with pre-sale efforts already underway in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is officially coming to the small screen. 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