The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

August 16, 2010 by admin
Filed under Film, Movie News

Rooney Mara is ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’. Mara has landed the highly-coveted title role of computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in director David Fincher’s English-language remake. See joins Daniel Craig, Robin Wright and Stellan Skarsgard (news).

the girl with the dragon tattoo movie poster

Release Date: December 21, 2011
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Adaptation, Remake
Director: David Fincher
Screenwriter: Steve Zaillian
Official Website: SonyPictures.com
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard
Running Time: Unknown
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated

Plot Details

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger’s are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is based on the trilogy of books by Stieg Larsson and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. Tragically, Larsson did not live to see the phenomenon his work has become as he died suddenly in 2004 soon after delivering the manuscripts to his Swedish publisher.

News

August 16, 2010 – Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara have been cast in the lead roles of Columbia Pictures’ three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy under the direction of David Fincher. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – the first film of the series, which also includes The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest – begins shooting next month in Sweden. (Sony Pictures)

June 27, 2010 – Daniel Craig will star in the English-language remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” plus the two potential follow-ups (‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ and ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’) based on author Stieg Larsson’s best-selling trilogy. Craig will play a journalist who is looking for a missing heiress. (Hollywood Reporter)