To reiterate, The Girl Who Played with Fire is the sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo followed by The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. The Girl Who Played with Fire features our magazine, the 2008 Sep/Oct issue, so we luv it long time, which is why I ttt-ed this thread instead of one of the others.

Let's just admire that cover for a sec, shall we?

Master Hoy Lee attended KFTC25 AF and it was very nice to see him again.

If the The Girl in the Spider's Web comes to fruition, I'll copy this out into a separate thread. For now, it's just more Cannes news.

MAY 15, 2017 11:45am PT by Borys Kit
Claire Foy in Early Talks to Star in 'The Girl in the Spider's Web'
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Claire Foy, who stars as Queen Elizabeth on Netflix’s The Crown, is Sony’s choice to step up to the keyboard to play hacker Lisbeth Salander in its adaptation of The Girl in the Spider's Web.

Fede Alvarez is attached to direct the project, which is seen as a relaunch of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo franchise.

The studio has been on the hunt for a new actress to take on the role, and the finalists came down to Foy and Felicity Jones, sources say. Foy has the offer, according to insiders, but scheduling is one of the challenges that need to be worked out. (The actress is also fielding interest from Universal for its Neil Armstrong biopic First Man, starring Ryan Gosling.)

The role of the brooding and strong Salander is a coveted one as it has proven to be both launch pad and showcase. Noomi Rapace starred in the Swedish-language trilogy, which was an international hit and catapulted her onto the worldwide stage. Rooney Mara played the part in the 2011 film directed by David Fincher and received an Academy Award nomination.

Dragon Tattoo, released in 2011, was based on the first of the three detective novels centering on journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Salander. They were written by Stieg Larsson, who died in 2004. The new film project would be based on the fourth book in the series, which was written by David Lagercrantz and released in 2015.

Foy is a British actress who also appeared on the TV series Wolf Hall and in the 2014 film Vampire Academy. She is repped by UTA and Independent Talent Group in the U.K.