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Sky’s Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Series Faces Rights Challenge as Banijay Files Arbitration

Banijay has launched arbitration claiming screen rights reverted, putting the project’s legal status in question.

Overview

  • Sky has commissioned an eight-episode contemporary reimagining of Stieg Larsson’s novel, with Steve Lightfoot and Angela LaManna writing and executive producing for Left Bank Pictures.
  • Production is scheduled to begin in Lithuania in spring 2026, with casting yet to be announced.
  • The series will air on Sky in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, while Sony Pictures Television handles international distribution and U.S. pre-sales.
  • Banijay asserts the TV and film rights reverted to it following the 2018 feature, challenging the Sky project produced by Sony-owned Left Bank.
  • The dispute has been filed for arbitration, a process that could lead to a settlement or progress to court, as Sony, Sky, and Banijay decline public comment.