The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Summary
David Fincher ’s keep 2011 thrillerThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoowas supposed to be the acclaimed director ’s first and only pic trilogy . Fincher , who is known for his multiple great movies such asSe7en , Zodiac , Gone Girl , andThe Social internet , is still making great celluloid such as 2023’sThe Killerstarring Michael Fassbender . The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , which star Daniel Craig , Rooney Mara , and Stellan Skarsgård , is often think one ofDavid Fincher ’s good movies .
base on theMillenniumbook trilogy compose by Stieg Larsson , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoowas Fincher ’s immediate follow - up to his Oscar - winning filmThe Social internet(2010 ) and also win the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing . It was released on December 21 , 2011 , and is currently streaming on Max . Amazon is grow aGirl with the Dragon Tattooserieswith showrunner Veena Sud , although Fincher is not reportedly involved .
David Fincher Had Originally Planned To Make 2 Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Sequels
Fincher still has never made a movie trilogy
Upon the 2011 release of hisThe Girl with the Dragon Tattooadaptation , Fincher declare that he was be after to adapt the other two novel of theMillenniumbook trilogy by Larsson , The Girl Who play with FireandThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornets ' Nest . Both had already been accommodate for film but Fincher was planning to expand on hisThe Girl with the Dragon Tattooadaptation and retain lead actors Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig , who play Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist , respectively .
Although Fincher’sThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoowas a decisive success , its box seat office was n’t necessarily telling by Sony ’s criterion at the time , earning just under $ 240 million worldwide against a production budget of $ 90 million . With Daniel Craig at the height of his 007 celebrity andFincher reportedly need to increase the budgetfor his anticipatedThe Girl Who Played with Firemovie , Sony ultimately make up one’s mind to pull the stopple on Fincher ’s bud franchise , which would have been the first of its form .
If David Fincher ’s Chinatown prequel series goes ahead at Netflix , then it can make up for the cancelation of the filmmaker ’s last tv set criminal offense play .
Why Fede Álvarez Made The Girl in the Spider’s Web Instead
Alvarez could make the film for less than Fincher’s sequel
Fede Alvarez emerged as an up - and - coming horror director after Fincher’sThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoocame out . He move up to prominence with his feature film debut , 2013’sEvil Dead , and 2016’sDon’t Breathe , both of which were made with small product budgets . Sony likely did not want to reinvest in Fincher ’s version of the franchise , whichwould have undoubtedly cost more given Daniel Craig ’s height in popularity as James Bondand Fincher ’s own asking for a larger budget .
Sony tapped Alvarez to makeThe Girl in the Spider ’s Web , the fourth book of the Millennium series and the first by a new author , for $ 43 million . Still , Sony ’s endeavor to cut price backfired as Alvarez ’s adaptation failed at the box office , earning just $ 35 million worldwide . Of course , hindsight is see in 20/20 , but the $ 240 million receipts of Fincher’sThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoodoesn’t seem like as much of a " flop " as Sony made it out to be at the metre , especially in today ’s box function .
Writer Aaron Sorkin has a script for The Social web 2 ( or something tightlipped ) in the work but it will only get made if a specific condition is play .
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found on the honor - bring home the bacon novel by Stieg Larsson , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo follows journalist Mikael Blomkvist ( Daniel Craig ) as he searches for a char who has been missing for 40 years . Along the way , he get an unexpected ally in Lisbeth Salander ( Rooney Mara ) , who is a computer cyberpunk and subsister of a traumatic puerility . The film is directed by David Fincher and advance an Oscar in 2012 for Best Achievement in Film Editing .
Based on the award-winning novel by Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo follows journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) as he searches for a woman who has been missing for 40 years. Along the way, he makes an unexpected ally in Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), who is a computer hacker and survivor of a traumatic childhood. The film is directed by David Fincher and won an Oscar in 2012 for Best Achievement in Film Editing.
