A brand new TV series based on Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo novels is being developed by Amazon.

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According to Variety the series will be a standalone project based on the character Lisbeth Salander, and will feature a new storyline, new setting and new characters.

It will therefore not be directly linked to the novels or the films which have previously been released - including the 2011 movie starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara or the 2018 reboot The Girl in the Spider's Web which saw The Crown star Claire Foy take on the lead role of Lisbeth.

Little else about the series has been revealed - no writer is currently attached to the project and neither has a lead actress been cast.

The character Lisbeth has already been portrayed by a number of actresses - in addition to Mara and Foy, the part was played by Noomi Rapace in the original 2009 Swedish-language film and it's sequels - and it seems likely that it might prove a sought-after role.

Lisbeth is the main character in Larsson's book series, also known as the Millenium trilogy, and is a world class computer hacker described in the novels as "a pale, androgynous young woman who has hair as short as a fuse, and a pierced nose and eyebrows".

The series will be the latest in a long line of TV shows that have previously been big screen projects, with notable examples including Noah Hawley's Fargo and the recent Snowpiercer series.

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Patrick CremonaSenior Film Writer

Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.

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