Who Is Veena Sud? New Showrunner Of 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'

American filmmaker Veena Sud will be the showrunner for Amazon's upcoming web series, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, based on the books by novelist Stieg Larsson. 

The series will focus on the character of Lisbeth Salander in the books, according to The Hindu. The mystery series is not new to Sud, who has worked in the development and production of many movies and TV series in the dark crime and mystery drama genre, according to Variety. 

Who Is Veena Sud? 

Veena Sud is an American producer and writer, best known for her work on the Emmy-nominated films The Killing (2011), The Salton Sea (2016), and Seven Seconds (2018) (where lead actress Regina King earned an Emmy for her work on the show), according to IMDb. 

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— Veena Sud (@VeenaSud) June 22, 2018

Born June 25, she was born in Toronto, Canada, and comes from a dual Indian-Filipino background; she received her "master's degree from New York University where she studied Film and TV," according to IMDb. 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Sud's promotion as showrunner is a welcome change of pace for the show, which has been in development since May 2020- though there was no showrunner reported to be working on the show. According to Variety, "It was originally reported to be a new standalone story about one of the novel’s main characters, Lisbeth Salander, but current plot details remain under wraps."

While the release date has not been finalised, one can only hope that the series will be released on streaming platforms soon!

EXCLUSIVE: “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series currently in the works at Amazon MGM Studios has found its showrunner.

Variety has learned exclusively that Veena Sud will head up the series, which will be set in the world of the so-called Millennium novels originally written… pic.twitter.com/6Y2YEQn3If

— Variety (@Variety) October 26, 2023

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