Dragon Tattoo TV Series Lands at Sky From Crown-Backed Team

Sky is moving forward with an eight-part The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo TV series from Left Bank Pictures, a contemporary reimagining of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels. The project will be written and executive produced by Steve Lightfoot and Angela LaManna, with Left Bank’s Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore, John Phillips and Sky’s Sam Hoyle as executive producers. Production is set to begin in Lithuania in spring, with Sony Pictures Television handling international distribution and pre-sales in the United States. The show will premiere on Sky in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.