The Girl Who Played With Fire could continue without Daniel Craig

Having grappled long and hard over budget on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, it’s understood that Sony are tightening the pursestrings over David Fincher’s proposed sequel, which may move forward without Daniel Craig, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter…

MGM loss means David Fincher may not return for Dragon Tattoo sequel

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was always going to be a tricky sell to a mainstream audience, what with its hard R-rating and lengthy running time. However, MGM were probably hoping for better than the loss they’ve ended up with…

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo review

Why release a Hollywood version of Stieg Larsson’s 30m-selling novel just two years on from the choice Swedish adap starring Noomi Rapace as the instantly iconic title character Lisbeth Salander?

Apart, that is, from the obvious: 30m people have read the novel, a lot of them can’t be arsed to also read the film. As ABBA sagely sung, “Money, money, money…”

Because it’s directed by David Fincher…

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Rooney Mara talks Dragon Tattoo’s Lisbeth Salander

Rooney Mara’s turn as asocial hacker Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is perhaps the most anticipated performance of the year.

When we sat down with her to talk Dragon Tattoo, she evidently shared an affinity with the character who’s become an instant icon…

David Fincher talks The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’s Oscar chances

Total Film recently got together with David Fincher to discuss The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and talk turned to the movie’s Oscar chances.


Fincher had a near-miss with The Social Network at this year’s awards; the Facebook movie was a critics’ favourite, but The King’s Speech took home the big awards on the night…

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11. American Psycho (2000)

The Book: Psychosexual satire from the pen of Bret Easton Ellis. It’s about serial killer and Manhattan businessman Patrick Bateman.

The Movie Version: Stars a pumped-up, teeth-bleached Christian Bale in one of his finest screen performances.

Biggest Difference: Several names were changed, including Paul Allen, who director Mary Harron discovered was a real businessman.

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Noomi Rapace and Colin Farrell sign up for thriller Dead Man Down

Niels Arden Oplev, the director of the original Swedish adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, is set to get his latest project underway.

Dead Man Down, a blackmail revenge story, has a screenplay penned by J.H. Wyman, the writer of hit sci-fi television series Fringe.

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Beautiful Girl With The Dragon Tattoo images online

A bunch of arty Girl With The Dragon Tattoo images have been released and we absolutely love them.
 
Despite the fact they don’t really look like stills from the movie - especially the above image, unless Fincher’s boldly experimenting with Hipstamatic video cameras -  they still increase our anticipation levels by highlighting just how much Rooney Mara’s getting into character.
 
Check ‘em out below and tell us what you think.

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David Fincher’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo gets a full trailer

A full-length trailer for David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has arrived online.

After the spiky, strobing teaser, this longer promo gives the uninitiated a much better idea of what to expect in terms of plot.

Considering its more measured pace, the trailer does a fine job of cranking up the tension while establishing the main characters: Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara).

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Amazing poster art designed by Neil Kellerhouse.

Daniel Craig talks “adult” Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Daniel Craig has been talking about the upcoming remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, revealing that even he was shocked by some of the film’s risqué content.

Craig plays journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who investigates the disappearance of a young woman with the help of goth hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara).

The Brit actor was recently shown a cut of the film by director David Fincher, and reveals it doesn’t pull any punches…