WATCH > 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Trailer: Will It Live Up to the Hype?

by SodaHead Film Posted 2011/09/22 19:00:00

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You've probably heard of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" in passing, at least. The 2005 best-seller released one year after Swedish author Stieg Larsson passed away made huge waves in pop literature circles, so it was only a matter of time before someone turned it into a movie.

That someone is David Fincher, director of "Fight Club" and "The Social Network."

He's also using the same team of collaborators he worked with on "The Social Network," including the same producer, editors, production designer, cinematographer, sound designer, casting director, and composers (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross).

The screenplay was written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian of "Schindler's List" and "Gangs of New York" fame. He also re-worked David Mamet's "Hannibal" screenplay for the 2001 film.

The latest trailer for "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is longer and slower than the previous trailer, and it reveals a lot more about the actual storyline.

From the trailer we can see the movie is a suspense thriller about perverted human nature that focuses on two characters, a middle-aged investigative journalist played by "Cowboys and Aliens" star Daniel Craig and a young hacker with a troubled past played by "Social Network" actress Rooney Mara.

Given the film's stellar crew and promising cast, it will probably deliver. But keep in mind, if all goes according to plan, this is only the first of three movies in the unfinished "Millennium series" Larsson left behind. So they'll have to keep it up for an entire trilogy.

"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" will be out on December 21.

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MandaLynne 2011/09/22 20:17:43

No

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This series was already made into movies and they were awesome.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1... The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1... The Girl Who Played With Fire

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1... The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1... The Millennium Series
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Bronti 2011/09/23 19:19:48

Yes

I'll echo TC....the series of movies are awesome! I forgot I was reading Swedish sub-titles after the first 15 minutes.

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Tammy 2011/09/23 19:18:19

No

No need to remake it. Just because it isn't in English is no reason to say "it was only a matter of time before someone turned it into a movie." If you don't like subtitles, fine. But the movies that are already out on DVD are great. Loved the original Lisbeth.

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ben.j.richie 2011/09/23 18:15:00

Yes

I hope so. I love the books and I think if anyone can get it right Fincher can.

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♥NinjaKittenLovesYou♥ 2011/09/23 18:01:56

Yes

i've seen the original....
this! seems better!

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mandi<3candi 2011/09/23 17:51:27

Yes

It has already lived up to.the hype. All threw installments are out on.DVD. wonderful movies. Don't recommend for.kids though bc of sexuality and violence.

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coach k 2011/09/23 17:30:32

Yes

seems like a good thriller

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Shae 2011/09/23 15:30:40

Yes

I hope it does....
I loved the books, loved the Sweedish movies.
Hope Hollywood does it justice!

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xcheshirecat 2011/09/23 15:01:11

No

I don't like that lisbeth
The real films star was so good, she didn't seemed that... well, soft

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Isisdron 2011/09/23 15:00:50

Yes

wow, SH. A little behind the times dont you think? The whole trilogy has already been made into movies, but I hear the books were a bit different. Apparently the Swedes are obsessed with details to the point of monotony. Stieg Larsson is the author, I enjoyed the series.

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tj 2011/09/23 14:04:22

Yes

i didnt know it was a book, but i bought the movie. I LOVE IT!!!!!! Would watch it many more times.

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RV ~ Th... to tj 2011/09/23 14:12:43

+1
The books are even better.

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Little Fawn 2011/09/23 13:24:16

No

Boring.

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synful90 2011/09/23 13:24:15

No

I didn't like the first one for starters. I can't stand movies completely in subtitles either. I just don't see the hype personally.

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tj to synful90 2011/09/23 14:05:10

+1
i was able to watch in with them speaking in english.

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synful90 to tj 2011/09/23 14:14:32

+1
see that i can believe, sometimes the books are way better than the film adaptation.

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RV ~ The Peacekeeper of PHAET 2011/09/23 13:09:37

Yes

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I strongly hope so. The books are awesome and the Swedish movies are awesome, too. It´s a hard job for Daniel Craig to beat Mikael Nyqvist

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Kigan 2011/09/23 12:56:17

No

+1
This movie was made...2 years ago.

So, why are we having another?

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Mark5610 2011/09/23 12:14:29

No

+1

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jams 2011/09/23 10:57:22

No

+2
Already been done and done well. The "Americanized" version will likely be sanitized, dumbed down and focus on key bits of sensationalized action scenes.

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Aingean 2011/09/23 10:54:58

No

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I thought it was already a movie.

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RV ~ Th... to Aingean 2011/09/23 13:08:32

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It is but for many Americans swedish movies aren´t worth watching so Hollywood makes them into a movie again.

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Aingean to RV ~ Th... 2011/09/23 13:12:59

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Oh, hm. I haven't seen it, is it any good? Is it based off the book?

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RV ~ Th... to Aingean 2011/09/23 13:37:51

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Yes, they´re great, but some details are wrong which annoyed me but the actors are great.

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PDenoli to Aingean 2011/09/23 13:58:46

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Of course it was! And a damn good one. And the remake will inevitably be polished so smooth that it will be utterly featureless. But hollywood wonks can't deal with the existence of something originating from outside our boundaries. For all their yammering about open-mindedness and acceptance and global love.... Hollywood has an awful lot of incestuous, insular, pricks.

Hey - just my opinion. I realize I'm the first to ever make this observation. :)

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Aingean to PDenoli 2011/09/23 14:02:41

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They mess with a lot of good classic movies. It isn't surprising they are remaking some they have run out of ideas I guess all the newer movies all seem to closely resemble some movie or another.

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PDenoli to Aingean 2011/09/23 14:13:45

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They've been fishing-for and remaking foreign films forever, but the recent pace has accelerated a million-fold. They remake their own movies when they aren't remaking others. I heard they were re-remaking Batman and re-remaking Spiderman. Why do they keep saying "reboot"? It's re-hashed! Now they're re-hashing what they've already re-hashed. It's become an endless loop. The romantic comedies are clones of each other. The action movies are parodies, the horror films are pandering splatter-fests.

I don't think they've run out of ideas, I just think they've let marketing people take over. All they know how to do is repackage and re-sell the hits from last year. They wouldn't recognize (or respect) an original idea if it dragged them out of their look-alike Mercedes and clubbed them in the streets. Not to give anyone any ideas...

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Aingean to PDenoli 2011/09/23 14:20:34

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Didn't they just remake Batman? Ugh I can't keep up with all the crap they keep redoing. I was mad when they re did the Karote Kid movie, the originals were amazing.

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PDenoli to Aingean 2011/09/23 14:52:33

Yes. Yes they did.

Spider-man didn't start that long ago... 2005? Now this: http://www.comingsoon.net/new...

Batman was rebooted in... 2005!!! And now this: http://cptakehollywood.com/20...

I imagine a bunch of slick-haired 20-somethings in suits running around in circles screaming "What can we re-hash? How about Harry Potter? How about Robin Hood? Let's rehash Avatar!! The kids will love it!! Sell, sell!!!

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Aingean to PDenoli 2011/09/23 17:40:14

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ugh that last harry potter isn't even out on DVD yet. I don't even want to think about it.

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PDenoli to Aingean 2011/09/23 19:16:01

Maybe they don't need to rehash Potter to keep making money off it? They could just keep tweaking it *constantly* the way Spielberg does with Star Wars. CGI updates, changing scenes, etc. I think a re-hash is the ultimate insult, though... to the film, to the viewers, to writers and creative artists in general...

Oh look! It's Justin Bieber as Harry Potter!!

You KNOW someone pitched that at some point, don't you?

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Aingean to PDenoli 2011/09/23 19:55:11

+1
no way, eww that would have be terrible!

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PDenoli to Aingean 2011/09/23 20:08:49

And in the remake, Harry Potter sings.

In fact - he casts spells by singing. Also, Hermionie is a groupie.

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Aingean to PDenoli 2011/09/23 21:30:54

+1
oh no

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PDenoli 2011/09/23 10:09:03

No

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It has BEEN a movie for years. It was a really good movie. Now watch Hollywood @##@ it up, just like they did with "Ju-On", "Ringu", "La Femme Nikita" and "Let the Right One In".

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Matt 2011/09/23 08:09:10

Yes

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it looks like a scene for scene remake of the swedish version - even looks like the same house he visits... I wonder if hollywood will include the rape scenes and the part where she ties up her parole officer and sodomises him with a dildo (oops sorry, spoiler alert...)

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tj to Matt 2011/09/23 14:06:43

even worse spoiler then. they do!!!!!!

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Fenabarb 2011/09/23 08:08:49

Yes

like the trailer, will add it to my list

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TC 2011/09/23 06:54:26

No

The trailer pretty much sums it! NO!

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K. Katt 2011/09/23 06:46:27

No

+1
My only question would be whether they will be as good as the previous European versions of this trilogy. I will be greatly surprised if they are.

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Razzy Ratchets 2011/09/23 05:42:31

No

+2
Nothing ever does. Besides, it has been done several times over already.

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