Sony Pictures and director David Fincher have been developing the sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo for a couple of years already, but it has been slow moving. The sequel is called The Girl Who Played With Fire, and its script was written by Steve Zaillian. In case you were wondering what the status of this movie is, the director recently gave a brief hopeful update in an interview with Afton Bladet, saying:

"I think because it [Sony] already has spent millions of dollars on the rights and the script so it will result in something. The script that we now have a huge potential, I can reveal as much as it is extremely different from the book."

It's good to hear that Fincher thinks they movie will eventually happen, and that the script has "huge potential." I'm really curious to see the "extremely" different changes they've made. I'm actually ok with any changes made in the process of adapting the book into a movie. It leaves fans open for some different surprises than what we've already read in the books. I know some people don't like that, but it's kind of nice to see some new surprises in a story I'm already familiar with. A good example of this is what Robert Kirkman and AMC have been doing with The Walking Dead series.

Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig are expected to reprise their roles, and I think this movie will happen as soon as Fincher really starts pushing it.

Via: Variety