As production wraps up on The Social Network, director David Fincher has been floating around numerous projects for his next film. Last week, it looked like he would be directing Tobey Maguire in Pawn Sacrifice, but now The Playlist has confirmed that the director’s next project is an American adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is the extremely popular Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson. Larsson was a journalist, and it was only after his death that his three novels were published as the “Millenium Trilogy,” with “Dragon Tattoo” being the first. Film adaptations of all three books were produced in the author’s native Sweden last year, and the first is just now making its way into American theaters.
After the widespread success and critical acclaim for the original, Sony acquired the rights to a US version. The project is being produced by Scott Rudin off of a Steve Zaillian. That we’ve known. Now, David Fincher is attached to direct, which is great news. I can’t stand this trend dapting foreign films for American audiences, but if you’re going to do it you minus well do it right.
As for the cast, Carey Mulligan and George Clooney have been rumored for the lead roles, but at this point that’s just speculation. The script is not even finished yet, and Mulligan has not been contacted about the role. Also, Fincher supposedly wants an unknown for the role, so who knows?
I’m wondering what’s happening with the sequels. Sony is focusing on the first, but if its successful, will we be seeing our own, American “Millenium Trilogy?”
