Rooney Mara goes topless in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo poster... but Daniel Craig still can't crack a smile



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Daniel Craig might be standing with his arm around a topless Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo official poster, but it still didn’t seem to put a smile on his face.



The James Bond actor instead looked brooding in the shot for the forthcoming film, with the tagline ‘Evil Shall be Expelled With Evil’.



The film isn’t set to be released until December 21 but the hype surrounding it has already made it one of the most anticipated movies of the year.

Forthcoming film: Daniel Craig poses with 26-year-old Rooney Mara on the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo poster

David Fincher is the director behind the drama thriller, which centres around a ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Mara) and a disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Craig).



Salander and Blomkvist are employed to find missing girl Harriet Vanger by her uncle.

Harriet disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan.



Her body was never found but her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family.

On set: Daniel Craig on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo set in Stockholm, Sweden

In character: Daniel Craig plays a disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist, while Mara is Lisbeth Salander in the film



During their investigation, Salander and Blomkvist begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.



Robin Wright Penn, Stellan Skarsgard and Christopher Plummer will also make appearances in the film with supporting roles.



Steven Zaillian wrote the screenplay based on Steig Larsson’s hit novel, which was also made into the 2009 Swedish film.

And a trailer for the Hollywood remake of the European hit also made its way around the internet over the weekend.



Chilling thriller: Daniel Craig seen in a film still from the David Fincher-directed film

Hollywood remake: The upcoming film is a remake of the hit Swedish film that came out in 2009 - based on the best-selling novel

E! Online reported that Sony leaked the trailer as part of a viral campaign, although the studio insisted they didn’t do it.



But now a legitimate trailer has been uploaded onto You Tube, to give us a sneak peek at the upcoming film.

Meanwhile, Daniel Craig is also gearing up for his next Bond film, which is rumoured to also be starring Ralph Fiennes and Javier Bardem.



Sam Mendes will be directing, but the film is not due to be released until November next year.

See the trailer below: