David Fincher to Direct THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

A couple of weeks ago I got a chance to catch up with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and found it to be somewhat conventional mystery, but featuring the most compelling character I've seen all year. I knew even then that an American remake was in the works and that David Fincher(Zodiac, Fight Club) was rumored to be attached. Well it looks like he's finally signed his name on the dotted line, and that it will be his next project.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a worldwide best selling novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. The story involves a 40 year old cold case about missing girl of a wealthy family. Her uncle hires a disgraced magazine publisher, Mikael Blomkvist to solve the mystery, but it's not until he's joined by the rebellious Lisbeth Salander that the pieces start to fall into place.

According to The Playlist, Carey Mulligan(An Education) is on the studio's want list for the role of the dynamic Lisbeth, but there's been no movement in that regard as of yet. It's possible that Fincher would prefer an unknown in the role, and it's likely he'll get what he wants, since it'd be far more efffective to have a recognizable male actor in the role of Mikael.

I'm a huge fan of Carey Mulligan, but I don't see her in the role, which requires a lot of action and frankly...quite a bit of violent sexual abuse. It's too bad they can't get Noomi Rapace, who played Lisbeth in the Swedish version, to reprise the role.