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Dragon Tattoo Stories (film Series)
The ''Dragon Tattoo'' film series consists of American films based on the ''Millennium'' novels, which were written by Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz. The plot centers around Lisbeth Salander, an asocial computer hacker, and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist and publisher of a magazine called ''Millennium'', as they investigate criminal injustices. ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', an adaption of the first novel in the series, was released in 2011. It was written by Steven Zaillian and directed by David Fincher, with Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara starring as Blomkvist and Salander. Along with ''Dragon Tattoo'', Fincher and Zaillian signed a two-picture deal to adapt ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'', and '' The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest''.Phil de SemlyenThe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Sequel Gets A Writer Empire Online, 18 July 2013.Phil de SemlyenThe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Sequel Gets A Writer Empire Online, 18 July 2013. ''The Girl in the Spid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stieg Larsson
Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2005, after he died of a sudden heart attack. The trilogy was adapted as three motion pictures in Sweden, and one in the U.S. (for the first book only). The publisher commissioned David Lagercrantz to expand the trilogy into a longer series, which has six novels . For much of his life, Larsson lived and worked in Stockholm. His journalistic work covered socialist politics and he acted as an independent researcher of right-wing extremism. He was the second-best-selling fiction author in the world for 2008, owing to the success of the English translation of ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', behind the Afghan-American Khaled Hosseini. The third and final novel in the ''Millennium'' trilogy, '' The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'', became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011 Film)
''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' is a 2011 neo-noir psychological thriller film based on the 2005 novel by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was directed by David Fincher with a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Starring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, it tells the story of Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a girl from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years prior. He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker. Sony Pictures Entertainment began development on the film, a co-production of the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany, in 2009. It took the company a few months to obtain the rights to the novel, while also recruiting Zaillian and Fincher. The casting process for the lead roles was exhaustive and intense; Craig faced scheduling conflicts, and a number of actresses were sought for the role of Lisbeth Salander. The script took over six months to write, which included three months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Knight
Steven Knight (born 1 April 1959) is a British screenwriter, film director and film producer. Knight wrote the screenplays for the films ''Closed Circuit'', '' Dirty Pretty Things'', and ''Eastern Promises'', and also wrote and directed the films '' Locke'' and ''Hummingbird'' (a.k.a. ''Redemption''). Knight is also one of three creators of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', a game show that has been remade and aired in around 160 countries worldwide, and has written for BBC's ''Commercial Breakdown'', '' The Detectives'', ''Peaky Blinders'', ''See'' and ''Taboo''. Early life and education Knight's father was a blacksmith. He attended The Streetly School (now The Streetly Academy) as a teenager, in Streetly, Walsall, in the West Midlands. He then went on to study English at University College London (UCL) where he is an Honorary Fellow. His first experience of writing was in preparing property descriptions for an Estate Agent. Career Screenplays Knight is best known for scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceán Chaffin
Ceán Chaffin (born June 26, 1957) is an American film producer who has frequently collaborated with her husband, director David Fincher. She and her fellow producers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), ''The Social Network'' (2010), and ''Mank'' (2020). She won American Film Institute's AFI Awards for these films as well as for ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011). * * Chaffin was nominated for Producers Guild of America's Producers of the Year Awards for the three aforementioned films and was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award for ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' and ''The Social Network''. Filmography * '' The Game'' (1997) * ''Fight Club'' (1999) * ''Panic Room'' (2002) * ''Zodiac'' (2007) * '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008) * ''The Social Network'' (2010) * ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011) * '' Gone Girl'' (2014) * ''Mank ''Mank'' is a 2020 American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an American film, television, and theatre producer. His films include the Academy Award-winning Best Picture ''No Country for Old Men,'' as well as ''Uncut Gems'', '' Lady Bird, Fences, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, School of Rock, Zoolander, The Truman Show, Clueless, The Addams Family,'' and eight Wes Anderson films''.'' On Broadway, he has won 17 Tony Awards for shows such as ''The Book of Mormon, Hello, Dolly!'', '' The Humans, A View from the Bridge, Fences,'' and '' Passion''. He is one of seventeen people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Rudin announced that he would be "stepping back" from his Broadway, film, and streaming projects following ''The Hollywood Reporter'' allegations of abusive behavior towards his employees," A version of the article also appeared in the April 7, 2021 issue of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' magazine. ''Variety'' reported th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverrir Gudnason
Sverrir Gudnason (born 12 September 1978; in Icelandic: ''Sverrir Páll Guðnason'') is a Swedish actor of Icelandic origin. Gudnason was born in Lund, Sweden, and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland. He moved with his family to Tyresö, Sweden, in 1990 when his father found work as a professor at the Royal Institute of Technology. At the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival, he received an award for Best Actor for his role in the Swedish/Danish film ''Original''. He has since played the role of Pontus Höijer in the second series of '' Wallander'' as well as leading roles in productions at both Gothenburg's and Stockholm's city theatres. He was cast as Björn Borg in the 2017 film '' Borg vs McEnroe''. In 2018, he played Mikael Blomkvist in the thriller '' The Girl in the Spider's Web''. In the 2020 film ''Falling'' which was written, directed and played in by Viggo Mortensen Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. R (; born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, writer, director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fede Álvarez
Federico Álvarez (born February 9, 1978) is a Uruguayan filmmaker. He is known for directing ''Evil Dead'' (2013) and ''Don't Breathe'' (2016), as well as his short film '' Ataque de Pánico!'' (2009). Life and career Álvarez was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 2009, Álvarez released his short film ''Ataque de Pánico!'' on YouTube. Before premiering online, the film screened on October 31, 2009, at the Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre film festival.Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre 2009 Retrieved 2010-02-04. A few weeks later, Álvarez made a deal with to direct a $30–$40 million sci-fi film. His first project with Ghost House ended up being the direction and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl In The Spider's Web
''The Girl in the Spider's Web'' (original title in sv, Det som inte dödar oss , lit=That which does not kill us) is the fourth novel in the ''Millennium'' series. It focuses on the characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Written by David Lagercrantz, this is the first novel in the series not authored by the series' creator and author of the first three ''Millennium'' books, Stieg Larsson, who died of a heart attack in 2004. The novel was released worldwide on 27 August 2015, except in the United States, where it was released on 1 September 2015. Development In December 2013, the Swedish publisher of the ''Millennium'' series, Norstedts Förlag, announced plans for a fourth ''Millennium'' book, written by David Lagercrantz, to be published in August 2015. Extreme caution was taken to make sure details did not leak, and no early review copies were given out. Lagercrantz wrote the book on a computer that had no internet connection, and he personally handed his manus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl In The Spider's Web (film)
''The Girl in the Spider's Web'' is a 2018 action-thriller film directed by Fede Álvarez and written by Jay Basu, Álvarez, and Steven Knight, and based on the 2015 novel of the same name by David Lagercrantz, which in turn is based on characters in the ''Millennium'' book series by Stieg Larsson. The film acts as a soft-reboot/sequel to David Fincher's ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo''. It stars Claire Foy in the role of Lisbeth Salander and follows Salander as she battles against a mysterious notorious organization, the Spiders, who seek world dominance. Sverrir Gudnason, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, and Stephen Merchant also appear in the film. ''The Girl in the Spider's Web'' had its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival on October 24, 2018, and was theatrically released by Sony Pictures Releasing in Sweden on October 26, 2018, and in the United States on November 9, 2018. A box-office disappointment, the film grossed $35.2 million worldwide and received mixed r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest
''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'' (original title in sv, Luftslottet som sprängdes, lit=The castle in the air that blew up) is the third novel in the best-selling ''Millennium'' series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.; It was published in Swedish in 2007; in English, in the UK, in October 2009; and in the US and Canada on 25 May 2010. The three novels in the series, ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2005), ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' (2006), and ''The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'' were written by Stieg Larsson before being shown to a publisher and were published posthumously after his fatal heart attack in 2004. Additionally, all three novels were adapted as films. Plot A severely wounded Lisbeth Salander is placed in intensive care at Sahlgrenska Hospital. It picks up where ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' left off, two rooms away from her also-injured father, Alexander Zalachenko, whom Salander injured with an axe. Ronald Niedermann, Zalachenko' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Played With Fire
''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' ( sv, Flickan som lekte med elden) is the second novel in the best-selling ''Millennium'' series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. The book features many of the characters who appeared in ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2005), among them the title character, Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant computer hacker and social misfit, and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist and publisher of ''Millennium '' magazine. Widely seen as a critical success, ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' was also (according to ''The Bookseller'' magazine) the first and only translated novel to be number one in the UK hardback chart. Synopsis After a yearlong sojourn to Grenada, Lisbeth Salander uses three million laundered kronor to purchase a new apartment in Stockholm. She re-establishes contact with Dragan Armansky, her former boss at Milton Securities, and her former legal guard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Craig
Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English-American actor who gained international fame playing the secret agent James Bond in the film series, beginning with '' Casino Royale'' (2006) and in four further instalments, up to '' No Time to Die'' (2021). After training at the National Youth Theatre in London and graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, Craig began his career on stage. He made his film debut in the drama '' The Power of One'' (1992) and the family film ''A Kid in King Arthur's Court'' (1995), with his breakthrough role coming in the drama serial '' Our Friends in the North'' (1996). He gained prominence for his supporting roles in films such as '' Elizabeth'' (1998), '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001), '' Road to Perdition'' (2002), '' Layer Cake'' (2004), and ''Munich'' (2005). In 2006, he played James Bond in ''Casino Royale'', a reboot of the Bond franchise which was favourably received by critics and earned Craig a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
