When Stieg Larsson’s book ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ was first published in Sweden back in 2005, it became an immediate sensation. Unfortunately for the author, he had died the year before and never got the chance to see how popular his work would become.
After winning several literary awards, such as the Anthony Award, Swedish film company Yellow Bird acquired the rights to his Millennium Trilogy and promptly released their version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, to much public acclaim.
Naturally this caught the eye of Hollywood, and now Scott Rudin is producing a version with David Fincher directing. Hollywood Reporter now says Christopher Plummer has just signed on to play Henrik Vanger, a retired CEO of a massive corporation and the man who hires Mikael Blomkvist (to be played by Daniel Craig) to solve the mystery of his niece’s disappearance years earlier.
This could very well be one of the hilghlights of 2011, but we’ll have to wait until at least December 21st of that year to find out. Fincher is great at working his way through an intricate plot without losing the coherence of it, so this project should be perfect for him. With a cast that now boasts Christopher Plummer, and already features Craig, Stellan Skarsgard and Rooney Mara, I’m hoping for the absolute best.
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"Cohesity"? For the love of god.
CHUD was my favourite movie site for a very long time, largely due to Devin. I hate to be one of THOSE people, but ever since he left this site has really deteriorated in terms of the quality of writing.
It's "coherence," by the way.
You're right for pointing out my mistake, I will correct it. Thank you for being so gracious about it.
I wish Fincher would pick more interesting movies. I wish he would do more genre movies.
Steve Murphy loves him some commas. I mean, Steve Murphy, loves, him, some, ,,,,,'s
Goddamn.
You fat nerds need to get a life and stop flaming every damn article on this site. Get a fucking life. This is not the Wall Street Journal (there will be mistakes). OVER TEN ATTEMPTS.
Just because we spend all our time online does not mean we are all fat, some of us are scrawny and pimple faced.
As popular as the European version was I hope they don't try and use it as a template. It was too streamlined and the intricate details that made the book interesting were lost. Hopefully you're right that Fincher can do better in handling the minute details while making a coherant (and less than three hours long…) film.
Why is there a hidden ad for some site conspiracy site called "What Is Happening In Manhattan" in between the second-last and last paragraph?
it is viral marketing for nick's book. notice the signature at the end is dated dec 4, 2012, and it doesnt say "updated by mobile, while driving a delorean"
The title of the article made me think it was going to be a Fantasy Island remake
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