Sky commissions original drama series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on Stieg Larsson’s globally bestselling Millennium novels

Sky today announces The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an eight-part Sky Original series from Left Bank Pictures (The Crown, Dept Q), based on the globally bestselling novels written by Stieg Larsson.

This bold and contemporary reimagining brings The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo into the present, grounded in the characters and investigative DNA of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels, with themes that carry heightened relevance today.

The Millennium novels have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is produced by Left Bank Pictures. Production will commence in Spring 2026 in Lithuania.

Steve Lightfoot (The Punisher, Behind Her Eyes, Spider-Noir) and Angela LaManna (The Haunting Of Bly Manor, Behind Her Eyes) will write and executive produce the series. Executive producers also include Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore and John Phillips for Left Bank Pictures and Sam Hoyle for Sky.

The series will be available on Sky in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Sony Pictures Television will handle international distribution with pre-sale efforts already underway in the United States. Sony Pictures Entertainment previously brought Larsson’s work to the big screen with the acclaimed 2011 film of the same name, directed by David Fincher and starring Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, and the 2018 sequel The Girl in the Spider’s Web, directed by Fede Álvarez.

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Left Bank Pictures is an independent production company within the Sony Pictures Television group.  Co-Founded in 2007 by Andy Harries, Marigo Kehoe and Francis Hopkinson, the company has built up a world class creative team with a wealth of experience in British filmmaking and broadcasting.

Previous productions include six seasons of ‘The Crown’ for Netflix; ‘Outlander’ for Starz; BAFTA Award-winning film ‘Sitting in Limbo’ based around the Windrush scandal for the BBC; ‘Quiz’ for ITV; the hit Netflix thriller ‘Behind Her Eyes’; Canadian-set crime drama ‘Three Pines’ for Prime Video and Nottingham-set crime drama ‘Without Sin’ for ITVX. Other series include  ‘White Lines’; ‘Everything Now’ and ‘Who is Erin Carter?’ for Netflix and the Vicky McLure led thriller ‘Insomnia’ on Paramount+. 

Currently in production is a second series of ‘This City Is Ours’ for BBC ; ‘The Lady’ for ITVX / BritBox; a second series of ‘Department Q’ for Netflix and a four-part adaptation of James Graham’s Olivier Award winning play ‘Dear England’ for BBC One.

Twice named Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards (in 2011 and 2018) Left Bank also won Production Company of the year at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in 2017. Left Bank Pictures’ films and scripted series have been recognised by all the major awards bodies around the world including Golden Globes, Emmys, Academy Awards, BAFTA and Royal Television Society amongst many others. 

Sony Pictures Television took a majority stake in Left Bank Pictures in 2012.