“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series currently in the works at Amazon MGM Studios has found its showrunner.
Variety has exclusively learned that Veena Sud will helm the series, which is set in the world of the so-called Millennium novels originally written by Stieg Larsson.
Variety previously reported that the series was in development in May 2020, although no showrunner was attached at the time. It was originally reported to be a new stand-alone story about one of the novels’ main characters, Lisbeth Salander, but current plot details remain under wraps. Amazon MGM Studios will produce in association with Left Bank Pictures, which is based at Sony Pictures Television.
Sud is no stranger to gritty crime and mystery dramas. She is best known for developing The Killing, based on the Danish series Forbrydelsen. She also acted as executive producer and showrunner on the series. The show aired its first three seasons on AMC, while a fourth season debuted on Netflix. It was nominated for a Golden Globe and six Emmys in 2011.
More recently, she created and executive produced the Netflix series Seven Seconds, based on the Russian film The Major, about police violence and racism in America. The show won an Emmy for star Regina King, as well as a Golden Globe nomination and several NAACP Image Awards. Sud’s other work includes the Blumhouse film “The Lie” and the Quibi film/series hybrid “The Stranger”, both of which she wrote and directed. She also served as writer, executive producer and showrunner on the CBS police procedural “Cold Case.
