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Casting the Dragon Tattoo: Who Should Play Lisbeth Salander in Sky's TV Reboot
television1 month ago

Casting the Dragon Tattoo: Who Should Play Lisbeth Salander in Sky's TV Reboot

Sky is remaking The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo as an eight-episode present-day TV series, written by Steve Lightfoot and Angela LaManna. Casting for Lisbeth Salander has not been announced, but the piece speculates on Emma Corrin, Jodie Comer, Anya Taylor-Joy, Alba August and Noomi Rapace as potential options, noting that production begins this spring and that past adaptations have made Salander a star.

Dragon Tattoo TV Series Lands at Sky From Crown-Backed Team
tv1 month ago

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.

Sky greenlights eight-episode Dragon Tattoo TV series
television1 month ago

Sky greenlights eight-episode Dragon Tattoo TV series

Sky has commissioned an eight-episode TV adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from Left Bank Pictures, with Steve Lightfoot and Angela LaManna writing and exec producing. The project, described as a Sky Original, will bring the Millennium story into the present and centers on Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander. Sony Pictures Television will handle international distribution, with pre-sales underway in the US; Sky will broadcast in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

business1 year ago

Comcast and Sky Secure Global Distribution Deal with Warner Bros. Discovery

Comcast's Sky has withdrawn its lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery after the two companies reached a new global distribution agreement. The lawsuit, filed in September, accused Warner Bros. Discovery of breaching a five-year output deal by not providing enough programming, particularly concerning a planned HBO Harry Potter series. The new deal allows Comcast to include Warner Bros. Discovery's content in its Xfinity and Sky UK and Ireland offerings, strengthening their distribution relationship.

entertainment1 year ago

Harry Potter's Wizards of Baking: A Magical Culinary Show Premieres

"Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking," a competition show featuring bakers creating magical Potter-themed treats, will be available on Prime Video in the U.K. and Ireland starting December 17, with the final episode airing on Christmas Eve. The show will also air in the U.S. on Food Network and Max from November 14. Despite Warner Bros. Discovery's existing deal with Sky, tensions have risen as Sky filed a lawsuit over WBD's decision to keep the upcoming "Harry Potter" series for its own Max platform rollout in Europe.