New GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Follow-Up Coming Without Fincher, Craig, or Mara
Sony Pictures is moving forward with another The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo film, but it’s not what fans were all hoping for. THR has learned that the new film will not be based on the sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire. It will be an adaptation of the fourth book in the Millennium series that was written after Stieg Larsson's death, which is called The Girl in the Spider’s Web.
The report goes on to reveal that David Fincher, Daniel Craig, and Rooney Mara will not be back for the project. The movie that those three individuals put together was great! It’s a shame that the studio has decided to not include them in their future plans of the franchise.
The producers of the first film, Scott Rudin and Amy Pascal, are still on board to help develop it, and apparently the studio sees this as an opportunity to start the franchise over again. They are now in talks with Steven Knight (Burnt) to adapt the novel for the big screen.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web was written by David Lagercrantz, who was hired to write it after Larsson passed away. The book became a big hit and the story follows hacker Lisbeth Salander and investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist as they find themselves at the center of a tangled web of spies, cyber criminals, and corrupt governments.
It sounds like if the movie is a success, the studio will eventually move forward with The Girl Who Played With Fire. The report explains:
“The move doesn't mean Girl Who Played With Fire is altogether dead. After all, Sony paid mid-seven figures for Steven Zaillian's script for Girl Who Played With Fire, one of the most expensive adaptations to date. But the plan for now is for Spider's Web to precede Girl Who Played With Fire. And once again, the role of Salander will be hotly pursued by Hollywood's young actresses.
According to The Wrap, the studio is looking at casting Alicia Vikander in the role of Lisbeth Salander. Vikander has been in films such as The Danish Girl, Ex Machina, Anna Karenina, A Royal Affair, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and most recently Bradley Cooper’s Burnt. She’s a solid actress that I think will be fine in the role, but I was really hoping Mara would come back to reprise the part. It will be interesting to see how this next film turns out, but without the original talent on board to bring it to life, I’m not expecting anything as good as Fincher's versions.
While we wait for more information on the project, here’s the synopsis for the new book below:
In this adrenaline-charged thriller, genius-hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist face a dangerous new threat and must again join forces.
Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a trusted source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female super hacker–a hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering.
Blomkvist, in desperate need of a scoop for Millennium, turns to Lisbeth for help. She, as usual, has her own agenda. In The Girl in the Spider’s Web, the duo who thrilled 80 million readers in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest meet again in an extraordinary and uniquely of-the-moment thriller.