As a book, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millenium) Trilogy was a worldwide phenomenon. As a series of films the franchise has been similarly popular, with the short fused Lisbeth Salander being played by a seemingly perfectly matched Noomi Rapace. Surely that’s that? A great series of books followed by a great series of films.
Well not exactly.
An American re-make of the Swedish films are already due to be made by the Colorado born director David Fincher. This adaptation of the Millenium series is due to hit our screens in December 2011.
Although unorthadox, this isn’t the first time Swedish cinema has been near immediately mimicked. The Swedish vampire movie ‘Let The Right One In’ has recently been remade as the only slightly differently entitled ‘Let Me In’.
Now, being English, my first instinct is to instantly have a go at the Americans: “What gives them the right?”- “Give the original a chance!” and so on. However despite our instinctual obligation to slag off this apparent insolence, there’s always the possibility of the movie being actually very good. I know that ‘Let Me In’ is near the top of my list for most anticipated films of the year which is down to the awesome trailer and the young talent in Moretz and Smit-Mcphee. Even at this early point, the on form Fincher and highly anticipated Rooney Mara excite me.
Unless you’re part of the Swedish film industry, I wouldn’t worry. Simply sit back and let the shows commence.
