'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' Sequel Still Moving Forward

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo may not have made any of GTBP's Top 5 Lists, but it's proven to have been a success with critics and fans of the novel.  Financially, however, the film will likely turn out to be only a modest success, to date making only $72 million on a $90 million production budget.  The underwhelming sales numbers had led some to speculate that the plans to adapt the remaining two books in the series might be called off.  A Sony Rep, however, says this isn't the case.

According to Movieweb.com, development is still continuing on an adaptation of the book and Swedish films sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire, saying, "[Dragon Tattoo] continues to do strong business and nothing has changed with respect to development of the next book."

The script is currently being penned by screenwriter Steve Zaillian, who adapted the first film from the Stieg Larsson novel.  Director David Fincher is said to be undecided in whether to return or not.  His hesitation is likely due to the friction he had with the studio, who wanted him to trim his original three hour long cut down to a shorter two hours and twenty minutes.

I'm a big fan of both the movies and books of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, and it's good to hear that the second American installment in the series is still moving forwards.  I do hope Fincher stays on, though, his direction and visual eye gave the newest version of Dragon Tattoo a distinct feel, and I'd hate to see where the series might go without him.