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Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was first published in 2005 and translated from Swedish into English in 2008, and although the book was the first story to feature the character of Lisbeth Salander, live-action adaptations of Larsson's iconic debut novel and the following sequels have sporadically replaced the leading lady. The original book trilogy proved so successful that other authors have been tasked with adding to the source material's chronology after Larsson's untimely death in 2004. So, while he may not have been alive to see what a huge success his story became, his legacy is inarguable.

While the books that feature Lisbeth Salander take place in a simple and linear fashion, the Lisbeth Salander movies aren't quite as straightforward. The three actresses who have played the character so far all appear in different projects that weren't released that far apart from each other. While the movies could be...

Fincher planned a Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy but Sony canceled due to high costs. Alvarez directed a cheaper 2018 sequel, The Girl in the Spider's Web, which underperformed. Despite box office disappointment, Fincher's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is still highly acclaimed.

David Fincher's celebrated 2011 thriller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was supposed to be the acclaimed director's first and only film trilogy. Fincher, who is known for his multiple outstanding movies such as Se7en, Zodiac, Gone Girl, and The Social Network, is still making great films such as 2023's The Killer starring Michael Fassbender. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which stars Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, and Stellan Skarsgrd, is often considered one of David Fincher's best movies.

Based on the Millennium book trilogy written by Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was Fincher's immediate follow-up to his Oscar-winning film The Social Network...

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy was a huge deal in the publishing world. The books kicked off with "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". When a book series generates as much heat as this one, the movies come calling. Sure enough, the entire original trilogy was adapted into three films in Sweden. Later, Hollywood took a stab at it, too, with English-language adaptations, but we'll get to those later. First, though, let's talk about the original trilogy and the correct order to watch it.

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The Correct Order To Watch The Millennium Trilogy

The original trilogy kicks off with 2009's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," starring Michael Nyqvist as reporter Mikael Blomkvist and Noomi Rapace as troubled goth hacker Lisbeth Salander. The two end up working together to solve the mystery of...

Noomi Rapace advises Amazon's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series to create something boldly new and unique, not based on past adaptations. Amazon's series plans to invent an original story for Lisbeth Salander, focusing on themes of "female rage" as suggested by showrunner Veena Sud. The upcoming Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series will aim to explore Lisbeth's complex past and make the character its own, setting itself apart from previous adaptations.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's original Lisbeth actor, Noomi Rapace, shares her advice for Amazon's TV reboot. Stieg Larsson's Millennium series was first adapted into the 2009 Swedish-language film trilogy, which includes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest – all of which starred Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth. In 2020, it was announced that Amazon was adapting its own television adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo showrunner Veena Sud recently shared that Amazon's upcoming television reboot of Stieg Larsson's beloved 2005 novel will be strong, powerful, and full of "female rage."

Speaking with Screen Rant to promote Hulu's The Stranger, Sud offered an exciting update on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which she boarded as its showrunner back in October. "I have a classic television show coming out for Amazon, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, another angry woman out to get the bad guys and the monsters," she teased. "So, I'm really excited about that, bringing it to television after 15–20 years. It's been kind of in the stratosphere, and there's so much to talk about today that was relevant back then — when Stieg Larsson first published the books, the trilogy — about female rage, about abuse, about the emergence of racism, white nationalism. All of the things, 20 years later,...

MGM and Sony Picture Television's adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has landed a showrunner.

Variety reports that Veena Sud has signed on as the showrunner for the forthcoming series. Originally announced in 2020, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is not expected to be a direct adaptation of the beloved novel by author Stieg Larsson. This latest adaptation will instead focus on a new story filled with new characters and settings that place Lisbeth Salander in a modern world.

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Sud is no stranger to tackling adaptations. The showrunner most recently worked on Netflix's Seven Seconds which is said to be inspired by the Russian film, The Major. Sud was also a writer-producer on CBS' Cold Case, and helped to develop Netflix's hit-series, The Killing, which she served as a showrunner and writer. On the film side,...

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Amazon MGM Studios’ in-the-works series based on the Steig Larsson books, has brought on Seven Seconds creator Veena Sud as showrunner, Deadline has confirmed.

The series, which has been in development since May 2020, revolves around the Lisbeth Salander character from the books. It is a co-production between Amazon MGM Studios and Left Bank Pictures, in association with Sony Pictures TV.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will take the iconic and much-loved character Lisbeth Salander and place her in today’s world – with a new setting, new characters, and a new story that will resonate with fans of the original and thrill a whole new generation, according to Amazon.

Harries, founder and CEO of Left Bank Pictures, will executive produce along with Rob Bullock.

Lisbeth Salander is the lead character in Larsson’s award-winning Millennium series. Salander first appeared in the 2005 novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

A TV adaptation of the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series is moving further into development at Prime Video, our sister publication Variety reports, with Veena Sud (The Killing) joining the project as showrunner.

If this sounds a little familiar, that’s probably because news of Prime Video’s adaptation was first reported back in 2020; this is the first update we’ve received since then.

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If you don’t have the memory of a goldfish (like me), you might remember that Amazon was developing a TV series based on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. That was over three years ago, and Variety has now reported that they’ve finally snagged a showrunner for the series.

Veena Sud, best known for developing The Killing for AMC, is set to serve as showrunner on Amazon’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series. Current details regarding the series are being kept under wraps, but it was originally reported that the project would not be a sequel or continuation of the story from the books or films, but would instead place Lisbeth Salander in today’s world with a new setting, new characters, and new story. Amazon MGM Studios will produce the series with Left Bank Pictures.

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“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 by Stieg Larsson.

Variety previously reported that the series was in development in May 2020, though no showrunner was attached at that time. It was originally reported to be a new standalone story about one of the novels’ main characters, Lisbeth Salander, but current plot details remain under wraps. Amazon MGM Studios will produce along with Left Bank Pictures, which is based at Sony Pictures Television.

Sud is no stranger dark crime and mystery dramas. She is best known for developing the series “The Killing,” which was based on the Danish series “Forbrydelsen.” She also served as executive producer and showrunner on that series. The show...

Author Stieg Larsson took the world by storm with his Millennium trilogy featuring three novels called The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. These novels were rapidly adapted for the big screen in Larsson's native Sweden, starring Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander and, consequently, putting the actress in the spotlight. In 2011, David Fincher took it upon himself to recreate the film for an American audience. Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo featured a phenomenal cast, including Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, and Christopher Plummer. The film was subject to universal acclaim, winning a number of accolades for its perfection.

Update September 7, 2023: In anticipation of David Fincher's new film, The Killer, this article has been updated to reflect on what happened to the David Fincher Millenium franchise that never happened.

Much of the success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...

If all went according to plan, David Fincher was all set to follow his English-language remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. However, those sequel plans were cancelled when the movie didn’t generate the return the studio wanted.

David Fincher reflected on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo while speaking at the Tribeca Film Festival (via Entertainment Weekly), calling it a “swing and a miss.” Despite not getting to complete the trilogy, Fincher remains very “proud” of the first movie. “We did it the way that we could,” Fincher said. “And when people said it cost too much for what the return on investment was, I said, ‘Okay, swing and a miss.’“

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had a budget of $90 million...

David Fincher looks back on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo with pride, while admitting the movie failed at the box office. Based on the best-selling novel by Stieg Larsson, Fincher’s 2011 thriller starred Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, a tough-as-nails computer hacker recruited by a journalist (Daniel Craig) to aid in the investigation of a decades-old disappearance. Mara herself would go on to score an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, but The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo would ultimately not meet Sony's box office expectations, despite grossing a decent-looking $239 million worldwide on a reported budget of $90 million.

Though The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’s box office fell short in the eyes of Sony, Fincher himself says he is proud of what he accomplished with the film, while acknowledging that things didn’t pan out the way everyone hoped given the original book’s status as an international phenomenon.

Apple has greenlit the pyschological thriller series “Constellations” with Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks attached to star, Variety has learned.

In “Constellation,” Rapace stars as Jo, a woman who returns to Earth after a disaster in space only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. The series is further described as a space adventure, an exploration of the dark edges of human psychology, and one woman’s desperate quest to expose the truth about the hidden history of space travel and for her to recover all that she has lost.

Apple has given the show an eight episode order. Peter Harness serves as writer and executive producer on the series under his Haunted Barn Ltd. banner. Michelle MacLaren will direct the first two episodes and executive produce. MacLaren is also directing the upcoming Apple series “Shining Girls” and has also directed an episode of “The Morning Show.

Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was a modern literary phenomenon, spawning a mini-media empire. First published in 2005 in Sweden, it launched the ‘Millennium’ series, which went on to include The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Since then, we’ve seen both American and Swedish movie adaptations, with Noomi Rapace, Rooney Mara and Claire Foy taking turns playing iconic hacker hero Lisbeth Salander.

Now it seems that we’re in for more, as Variety is reporting that Amazon and Sony are teaming up for a new TV adaptation of the property. Fortunately for viewers that might be getting a bit tired of the original stories, the upcoming show is set to break new ground, as it’ll take place in a separate continuity to the books, imagining what Lisbeth Salander would be like in the 2020s.

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Amazon has put in development Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, a series revolving around the Lisbeth Salander character based on the books by Steig Larsson, Deadline has confirmed. The project will be a co-production between Amazon Studios and Left Bank Pictures, in association with Sony Pictures TV.

Based on the Larsson books, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will take the iconic and much-loved character Lisbeth Salander and place her in today’s world – with a new setting, new characters, and a new story that will resonate with fans of the original and thrill a whole new generation, according to Amazon.

Harries, founder and CEO of Left Bank Pictures, will executive produce along with Rob Bullock. No talent is yet attached.

Lisbeth Salander is the lead character in Larsson’s award-winning Millennium series. Salander first appeared in the 2005 novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. She reappeared in its sequels: The Girl Who Played with Fire...

Lisbeth Salander is making a comeback, this time on the small screen. It has been revealed that Amazon is developing a The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo TV show. Details are currently slim, as it seems like the project is in the early stages of development. It will, however, be taking the iconic character into a new setting to tell a new story with different characters. It seems this will not be treading on the same ground as the adaptations we've seen of the Millenium book series previously.

According to a new report, the new Amazon series will not be a sequel or continuation of the books or movies that have been produced up to this point. Instead, their version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo will be taking Lisbeth Salander and doing something different. Specific plot details have not yet been revealed. No writer has been set to...

Amazon is developing a “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series, TheWrap has confirmed.

The show will be based on the books by Stieg Larsson but will “take the iconic and much-loved character Lisbeth Salander and place her in today’s world – with a new setting, new characters, and a new story that will resonate with fans of the original and thrill a whole new generation.”

Amazon Studios and Left Bank Pictures will produce the series with Sony Pictures Television. Left Bank founder and CEO Andy Harries will serve as executive producer along with Rob Bullock. No writer has been attached to the project

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The “Millenium” series of novels comprises six books, the first three of which — “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played with Fire” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest” — were authored...

Lisbeth Salander is taking a break from the big screen and planning a move to television in a new original series centered around the breakout character from Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book trilogy (via Variety). The literary franchise includes “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played with Fire,” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest.” The original series is being set up at Amazon under the title “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” but the show will not be an adaptation of the Larsson novel and will “instead take Salander and place her in today’s world with a wholly new setting, new characters, and a new story.”

The “Dragon Tattoo” Amazon series is being produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television. Left Bank Pictures founder and CEO Andy Harries will executive produce alongside Rob Bullock. Larsson’s book series has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.

Amazon is developing a series centered on Lisbeth Salander, the character created by Stieg Larsson for the so-called Millenium books.

The project, which is currently titled “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” will not be a sequel or continuation of the story from the books or the films into which they were adapted. It will instead take Salander and place her in today’s world with a wholly new setting, new characters, and a new story.

No writer or lead actress is currently attached to the series. Andy Harries, founder and CEO of Left Bank Pictures, will executive produce along with Rob Bullock. Amazon Studios and Left Bank will produce in association with Sony Pictures Television.

Harries’ extensive list of past executive producer credits include “Quiz,” “The Crown” “Strike Back,” and “Outlander.” Bullock was also an executive producer on “Strike Back” as well as the YouTube series “Origin.” He has...

In today’s film news roundup, Noomi Rapace gets a starring role, ArcLight Cinemas hires Ted Mundorff and a “Karn Evil 9” movie is in the works.

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Noomi Rapace will star in the thriller “O2,” which will launch sales next week at the European Film Market in Berlin through Wild Bunch International.

Franck Khalfoun is directing and Alexandre Aja is producing and supervising artistic direction. CAA Media Finance will represent domestic rights.

Echo Lake Entertainment, 42 and Wild Bunch International are also producing. The script by Christie LeBlanc was on the 2016 Black List. The story revolves around a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic medical pod and finds herself alone with no memory. She has 90 minutes of oxygen left and must figure out how to save herself.

Rapace achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium book series, which included “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,...

Intrigo: Death of an Author is a film from Daniel Alfredson and best selling writer Hakan Nesser. The film is a bit of a mystery as the wife of an author disappears. The mystery around her disappearance is pieced together through a three part trilogy, with Intrigo: Death of an Author the first film. Director Daniel Alfredson has teamed up with Birgitta Bongenhielm to bring the screenplay to the screen. And, the film stars: Ben Kingsley (Gandhi), Gemma Chan (Captain Marvel), Andrew Buchan, and Jeff Fahey. The film's first trailer was released this week and it is a good one as various characters try to piece together this mystery. Director Alfredson is known for some of his other thrillers. Alfredson has worked on: The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. This Swedish director has completed over twenty films. His latest looks at a possible crime,...

Titan Comics' "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest: Millennium #1, based on the novel trilogy by Stieg Larson, is written by Sylvain Runberg and illustrated by Jose Homs, with covers by Claudia Ianniciello and Claudia Caranfa, available December 13, 2017:

"...'Lisbeth Salander' lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish City Hospital, fighting for her life in more ways than one.

"If and when she recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three killings.

"With the help of her friend, journalist 'Mikael Blomkvist', she will fight those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back..."

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Mark Harrison Jan 29, 2018

David Fincher's film of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo wasn't the intended franchise starter. But why not?

This article contains spoilers for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

“What is hidden in the snow, comes forth in the thaw.”

The world met Lisbeth Salander, the heroine of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, when The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was published in 2005. She only became more popular when Swedish production company Yellow Bird adapted the crime thriller and its two sequels, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, for the screen in 2009.

Noomi Rapace plays Lisbeth, a prodigious ward of the state who has poor social skills and a photographic memory, while Michael Nyqvist plays Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist who enlists her help in solving a cold case and later becomes involved in uncovering a government conspiracy in her past.

Remember "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the first book in the worldwide literary hit the "Millennium" series that was just about everywhere with its iconic book cover back in the mid-to-late 2000s? Well that series is still chugging along despite author Stieg Larsson's death in 2004, with Swedish author and crime journalist David Lagercrantz continuing the adventures of investigative journalist/publisher Mikael Blomkvist and gifted hacker Lisbeth Salander. Larsson's other posthumous releases, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" were adapted into Swedish-language films directed by …...

After battling lung cancer, Michael Nyqvist has sadly passed away today at the age of 56. Although likely best known for his starring role in Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, which included The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, the Swedish actor had also broken into America film as Kurt Hendricks in Mission: Impossible -... Read More...

It seems Sony Pictures may have found their new Lisbeth Salander in The Crown star Claire Foy, despite reports from March that both Scarlet Johansson and Natalie Portman were up for the role. Claire Foy is reportedly in early talks, but she may not be set quite yet. Insiders claim that, while Claire Foy has in fact been offered the role, there are still scheduling issues that need to be worked out before she can sign on.

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that this coveted role went down to both Claire Foy and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Felicity Jones. It's possible that Felicity Jones may be offered the role if these scheduling conflicts can't be worked out, but that has yet to be confirmed. Claire Foy has also been fielding interest to star in Universal's biopic First Man, starring Ryan Gosling as American astronaut Neil Armstrong, although it...

David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was intended to continue onwards and adapt The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest with both Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara reprising their roles, however, after frequent delays, it was announced that the entire franchise would be relaunched with an adaptation of David Lagercrantz's "The... Read More...

Sony Pictures confirmed yesterday that it is moving forward with the new adaptation The Girl in the Spider's Web, a novel by David Lagercrantz which continues the iconic Millennium Trilogy centering on Lisbeth Salander, written by the late Stieg Larsson. The studio has set an October 5, 2018 release date for the adaptation, with production set to begin this September under the direction of Fede Alvarez. The production is currently looking for the right actress to play Lisbeth Salander. Now, a report has surfaced that two A-list actresses are already in the running, Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman.

Variety's studio insiders claim that both Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman are currently in the mix, as director Fede Alvarez starts meeting with prospective talent. Ironically, Scarlett Johansson was also up for the Lisbeth Salander role for Sony's English-language reboot of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which ultimately went to Rooney Mara, and...

Nick Harley Simon Brew Dec 6, 2017

The Girl In The Spider’s Web has found its leads, as Sverrir Gudnason becomes the latest to join the film...

Update:

To confirm the casting for the The Girl In The Spider's Web, that in turn will reboot the film series.

Sverrir Gudnason, of Borg/McEnroe fame, is to take on the role of Mikael Blomquist in the new movie (Daniel Craig played the part last time).

Claire Foy is to play Lisbeth Salander, with Sylvia Hoeks and Claes Bang also in the cast. Filming begins early next year.

March 2017

Sony Pictures is officially moving ahead with a The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sequel, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, slated to hit cinemas on October 5th 2018.

The new film in Millenium series will be helmed by in-demand director Fede Alvarez, who directed surprise hit Don’t Breathe. Skipping over the next...

Last November, we reported that Sony Pictures is finally moving forward with a sequel to their 2011 adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, entitled The Girl In the Spider's Web. However, this follow-up was being set up without director David Fincher or stars Daniel Craig (Mikael Blomkvist) and Rooney Mara (Lisbeth Salander). A report surfaced earlier this month that Don't Breathe director Fede Alvarez is being considered for this project, and today the director confirmed that he has signed on, and it will be his next project.

Fede Alvarez confirmed that The Girl In the Spider's Web will be his next project during an interview with ComingSoon.net. The studio decided to skip over author Stieg Larsson's remaining two novels, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, instead opting to adapt The Girl In the Spider's Web, a follow-up to Stieg Larsson...

When David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo remake turned out not to be quite as successful as the studio had hoped, it seemed doubtful that adaptions of "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" from the same team would follow. Then, just a little over a week ago, word broke that Sony... Read More...

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Daniel Craig is reportedly demanding a pay rise for Sony Pictures's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sequel.

The studio has an option on Craig for sequels The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, but the actor is asking for more money following the $1 billion success of Skyfall.

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Sony is looking to cut costs on the Stieg Larsson sequel and could potentially write Craig's character Mikael Blomkvist out of the movie, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Steven Zaillian has written the script for the movie, which is described as "production-ready". The studio may need to turn to another writer if Blomkvist has to be written out of the picture.

A Craig source allegedly claimed that the 007 star hasn't started negotiations yet and is keen to return for the follow-up.

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Rooney Mara is set to return as computer hacker Lisbeth...

Daniel Craig is reportedly demanding a pay rise for Sony Pictures's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sequel. The studio has an option on Craig for sequels The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, but the actor is asking for more money following the $$1 billion success of Skyfall. Sony is looking to cut costs on the Stieg Larsson sequel and could potentially write Craig's character Mikael Blomkvist out of the movie, says The Hollywood Reporter. Steven Zaillian has written the script for the movie, which is described as "production-ready". The studio may need (more)...

Just looking at the box-office numbers it wouldn't take a seasoned veteran to realize David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is under-performing considering the rumored $90 million budget and the $60 million it has earned so far. However, with an A CinemaScore from audiences, an 85% at RottenTomatoes and an 8.3/10 rating from IMDb users so far, it would seem a sequel may not be all that bad an idea considering people will also still have time to find the film on Blu-ray and DVD which would mean for much larger potential for the sequel. Not to forget, foreign market totals have just started trickling in where it has made just over $12 million so far. As far as Columbia moving forward with the second film in Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," The Girl Who Played with Fire, a spokesman was quoting telling Entertainment Weekly that "development continues" on the sequel and...

There are three books in the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson's "Millenium series" of crime-mystery novels that feature the now-iconic characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2006) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2007). There are also three internationally acclaimed Swedish movie adaptations based on Larsson's posthumously published novels. As such, it almost seems like a foregone conclusion that Columbia Pictures' The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — which opens nationwide today — will be the first movie in a trilogy of English-language movie adaptations. Surprisingly, sequels are anything but a given for director David Fincher, who recently told IndieWIRE that "the story is complete" in Dragon Tattoo and he feels no "need" to make sequels.

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Vertigo's adaptation of the late Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy is to be co-written by Denise Mina. The crime novelist will bring the books to the comics medium for the European market in collaboration with Sylvain Runberg and José Homs. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest will also be adapted for the Japanese market by an unnamed manga team. Artists for the project are yet to be announced. DC Comics imprint Vertigo is working with Larsson's estate and the Hedlund Literary Agency to interpret (more)...

Vertigo is to adapt the late Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy as a graphic novel series. The DC imprint will work with Larsson's estate and the Hedlund Literary Agency to interpret each book as a two-volume graphic novel. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo will be the first to arrive in stores to coincide with David Fincher's 2012 movie adaptation. The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest will arrive in 2013 and 2014, respectively. "Stieg always liked (more)...

I have read Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Girl Who Played with Fire." I also saw all three Swedish adaptations of the Millennium trilogy, including The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, in theaters. And there are a few things to say.

First, I found the first movie to probably be the best of the trilogy even though I thought the second film did a better job with the Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) character. The third film, however, was so bad it caused me to not want to even read the third book.

Speaking of the books, I enjoyed the two that I read but I wouldn't say they are excellent in any manner of speaking. They are a bit ponderous, but for the most part highly enjoyable and, as is often the case, the books are better than the films. At least in terms of story.

The final film in the trilogy adapted form Stieg Larsson's Millennium series led the specialty market this Halloween weekend. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier today, "The Girl That Kicked The Hornet's Nest" debuted on 153 screens to find some very strong numbers for U.S. distributor Music Box Films and Canadian distributor Alliance. Directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Noomi Rapace as heroine Lisbeth Salander, "Hornet's Nest" grossed $915,044 ...

It is remarkable how just two years ago, few outside of Scandinavia had ever heard of Stieg Larsson or his “Millennium Trilogy” — a series of novels the journalist had been tinkering with at home simply for fun before they were posthumously published. In a staggeringly short time span, both the late writer and his hobby project are now internationally famous, inspiring three Swedish films in 2009 as well as an upcoming American adaptation.

It’s hard to review the third film in a trilogy with a connecting narrative without at least referencing the first two efforts (beware of a few spoilers in the next two paragraphs). Simply put, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a beautifully shot, disturbing, yet effective mystery. Its protagonists, a left-wing journalist Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) and the titular character, computer hacker Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace), spent much of the film stranded in a hostile environment, surrounded by...

Sneak Peek a series of posters supporting the Swedish-language feature "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest" aka "Luftslottet som sprängdes" or "The Air Castle That Exploded".

The 2009 thriller, directed by Daniel Alfredson, starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist, is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Swedish author/journalist Stieg Larsson, in the third and final entry of his "Millennium Trilogy" book series.

"...'Lisbeth Salander' is hospitalized after a meeting with her father, and is later put on trial. 'Mikael Blomkvist' takes on the task of proving she is innocent as he continues to uncover the reasons why Lisbeth has been treated so harshly by the Swedish authorities..."

The feature was released in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, November 2009, in Finland and Iceland, January 2010 and subsequently released in European countries throughout the spring and summer of 2010.

"Hornet's Nest" is scheduled for a limited release in North America...