He may be flirting with going for a deep-sea dive with “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea,” but a New York Times article on the aftermath of the death of Swedish author Stieg Larsson seems to have confirmed what we’ve known for a while; that David Fincher’s next film will indeed be an adaptation of the author’s bestselling thriller “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.”
Reports came in earlier this month that Fincher was scouting locations in Sweden, and the Times has now confirmed that the film’s release date is set for December 2011, which would seem to suggest a start in October, as we’ve reported all along. It’s interesting that this film is set for the awards season slot that was denied to Fincher’s “Zodiac,” and as it’ll be twenty years since the Oscar success of “The Silence of the Lambs,” might Sony be hoping to repeat the awards run of that serial killer picture? Certainly, they wouldn’t mind even a small taste of the thirteen nominations and three wins Fincher received at the Academy Awards for his last picture, “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.”
The same article also suggests that the second and third films of Larsson’s trilogy, “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest,” will be filmed together at some point in the future (probably depending on the success on the first installment), although it’s unclear exactly when, or if Fincher would still be attached — we do know that he has an option to direct the second, but we can’t see him sticking around to do the whole trilogy.
We enjoyed the books, for what they were, and we’ve got full confidence that Fincher can easily top the truly terrible Swedish adaptations, which managed to pretty much disregard the parts of the novels that worked, while keeping the silliest. There’s no confirmation of any casting at this point, either of Brad Pitt or of any of the legion of actresses (Carey Mulligan, Ellen Page, Anne Hathaway etc) linked to the key role of semi-autistic computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.
Is the Swedish version really that bad? It's sitting at an 80+ percent on Rotten Tomatoes and, for the most part, RT is usually a good place to find out of a film is worth seeing or not.
Yes, it really, really is that bad.
No. It's not that bad. I saw the three movies and the first one in particular is outstanding. Nommi Rapace, who plays Lisbeth, is extraordinary. I cannot see any American actress top her.
I've only seen the first of the movies and enjoyed it. I'm going back and reading the book now so maybe I should reserve full judgement till after I've finished it.
the swedish version isn't bad at all.
at least the first film is fantastic. the sequels, I have to watch them
The Swedish film is awful.
Wasn't good, sorry.
The first film is great.
The sequels are steadily worse, with the climax of the third being very weak/silly. The only thing that really holds the trilogy together is Nommi Rapace.
(I haven't read the books, so I can only hope the climax in the third is a lot better there.)
It doesn't matter if it was good or not…. Hollywood didn't make money off of it, so it needs to be re-made. Probably twice. With t-shirts, removable dragon tattoos, a special cereal and urinal cakes.
The first one was amazing and Nommi Rapace was fantastic!
Everyone on this post that has said the swedish version is awful, including the main article, i would like you all to please explain why you believe it is bad, the internet is full of morons who just because there is something they dont understand slate it unfairly. please dont be one of these idiots, back up your words with some sort of educated opinion.
@david – here is our educated opinion: http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/03/sxsw-review-girl-with-dragon-tattoo-is.html
Whoever wrote that review sounds SUPER handsome.
well hung too.
WOW ! OMG!! PLAYLIST IS HILARIOUS !!
Thanks for the hits!
First one is outstanding. There's no better actress for Lisbeth Salander than Noomi Rapace. Carey Mulligan So won't do.
LISBETH IS NOT SEMI-AUTISTIC_, SHE HAS ASPERGER SYNDROM!
I'm American, but enough about that. I would cringe to see any top hollywood actors in this drama. I can't imagine anyone topping the Swedish actors in the original. I will absolutely refuse to see the american version if Brad Pitt is in it or anyone other than Noomi Rapace…ESPECIALLY if Anne Hathaway (one of the actresses mentioned) were to play the part. She is absolutely totally wrong for the part. I read the book, and you really need to be faithful to the book in order for it to be believable–in other words, you must have someone who fits Stieg Larsson's character Lisbeth Salander. PLEASE don't HOLLYWOOD this film…PLEASE!!!!!
I've only see the first movie, but read all the books. The first movie was awesome and I'd have to guess the people who didn't like it either don't appreciate anything that isn't 100 percent in spoken "American", or they represent the original title of the book (Men Who Hate Women) and can't stand strong female characters. I would love to see Fincher cast Noomi for the role again- I just don't see anyone mentioned for it that could do it justice.
This shit would have been unbearable in any language, dude.
"American." Great language. I definitely prefer it to British and Canadian.
Your blog post makes me think of Canadian-based The ZippR's take on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhnxXSLbMZs
Noomi Rapace did do an amazing job. And I'm relieved that she has chosen not to take a part in the circus of whatever new adaption is coming. I think it's pretty condescending to remake a series that was filmed only a couple of years ago, and actually done really well. I know Hollywood needs to reinvent itself and explore different things, but this is just rude.
Seriously? Dissing on the Swedish films? I guess I missed the parts of the book that "really worked" because I feel like the Swedish films do an EXCELLENT job of portraying this story in a truthful and poignant way. I'm predicting that it will be the Americanized versions of this story that will prove to be the silliest, or really just pathetic when they sensationalize the story, glorify the violence, and turn Lisbeth into a sex symbol all in the name of drawing predictable American movie consumers to partake in box office nnumbers with the true goal being the almighty dollar, and not the story. I dont think that the Americanized versions even have a chance of coming close to the excellency of either the books or original films. But really, that's how we roll.