‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Series at Sky to Star David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn

By Ellise Shafer

Ellise Shafer

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Sky‘s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series has found its leads in David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn.

Oyelowo (“Silo,” “Selma”) will play disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist alongside Prettejohn (“The Crown,” “The Testament of Ann Lee”) as hacker Lisbeth Salander in a TV reimagining of Steig Larsson’s hit Millennium book series. The characters were portrayed by Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, respectively, in David Fincher’s 2011 movie of the same name.

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