Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Reboot TV Series in the Works at Amazon

Amazon is developing an original TV series centred on Lisbeth Salander, the character originally created by Stieg Larsson for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first book in his best-selling Millennium series of novels. Variety reports that the spin-off series planned for Amazon's streaming service will not be a direct sequel or continuation of any previous books or movies but rather a standalone story that places Salander in the entirely new setting of "today's world", where she will be surrounded by new characters and challenges. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2011/06/03/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-trailer"] The project, which is tentatively titled The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, will be a collaborative effort between Amazon Studios, Left Bank Pictures, and Sony Pictures Television, though no writing team or cast members have been attached to the series as of yet. Lisbeth Salander is the primary character in Larsson's award-winning Millennium series. Salander first appeared in the 2005 novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. She then appeared in its sequels, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, and The Girl Who Lived Twice. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-quickest-movie-franchise-reboots&captions=true"] In 2009, the first three books in the series were adapted into a Swedish-language film trilogy, with Noomi Rapace as Salander. It later expanded into a mini-series ahead of David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation, starring Rooney Mara as the hacker-vigilante. In 2018, The Girl in the Spider's Web rose out of Fincher's ashes, with Claire Foy reimagining the character. Over the past few years, the TV landscape has shifted significantly to adapt to the digitalisation trend, with many streaming services offering fresh new takes on popular film franchises, to varying degrees of success. For more on these film-to-TV concepts, take a look at our rundown of 23 modern series' that took their inspiration from the big screen. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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