A controversial Daniel Craig movie is being reworked right into a tv collection. Based on Selection, Sky has ordered an adaptation of The Lady with the Dragon Tattoo for TV.
The collection will probably be written and executive-produced by Steve Lightfoot (Spider-Noir) and Angela LaManna (The Haunting of Bly Manor). Further government producers embrace Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore, John Phillips, Sam Hoyle, Amy Pascal, and Scott Rudin. The present will include eight episodes and is produced by Left Financial institution Footage as a Sky Authentic collection.
Based mostly on Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novel, The Lady with the Dragon Tattoo follows Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced journalist who’s employed by a rich CEO to research the disappearance of his niece, which occurred 40 years earlier. In the course of the investigation, Blomkvist groups up with Lisbeth Salander, a mysterious and gifted tech genius. The official description states that the collection will replace the story to the current day, sustaining the core characters and investigative spirit of Larsson’s Millennium collection whereas highlighting themes which can be extremely related at present.
Filming is scheduled to start in Lithuania this spring. The collection will air on Sky within the UK and throughout different European markets, with worldwide distribution managed by Sony Footage Tv. Whereas a U.S. broadcaster has not been introduced, pre-sale efforts are underway.
The story has beforehand been tailored into movie a number of instances. In 2009, the Swedish model starred Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace within the main roles, together with two sequels: The Lady Who Performed with Fireplace and The Lady Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest.
A 2011 American adaptation directed by David Fincher featured Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander. That model obtained essential reward and garnered 5 Oscar nominations, successful for Greatest Movie Enhancing. Nonetheless, it additionally sparked controversy as a consequence of its graphic depictions of sexual violence.
Moreover, Amazon had ordered a tv adaptation of the novel, however that venture by no means superior past the event stage.
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