Sony Hits the Redo Button on Dragon Tattoo Series with The Girl in the Spider’s Web Adaptation

The Girl in the Spider’s Web is headed to the big screen

It’s been a big question whether David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo would be getting a follow-up at some point, but a multitude of factors have prevented the series from continuing on the big screen. Now, The Hollywod Reporter brings word that Sony Pictures is hoping to reset the series by skipping both The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest and moving straight to an adaptation of The Girl in the Spider’s Web.

“Spider’s Web” was published just this year and though it serves as the fourth book in the “Millennium” series, the text was written by David Lagercrantz following the tragic passing of creator Stieg Larsson. The outlet reports that Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, World War Z 2) is in talks to write the adaptation which stars both hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist.

THR notes that Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig will not return for the film as the studio hopes to keep costs down for the film, an unlikely scenario if the pair negotiated pay raises for their sequel options. David Fincher will reportedly also not return to the director’s chair.

Released in December of 2011, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo brought in over $230 million worldwide, despite a $90 million budget and hard-R rating. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Actress for Rooney Mara, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Film Editing, for which it won.

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