The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Claire Foy is now circling the role of Lisbeth Salander in director Fede Alvarez ' coming subsequence / reboot , The Girl in the Spider ’s entanglement . The star of Netflix ’s award - win historical dramaThe Crown , Foy would follow in the footsteps of Swedish histrion Noomi Rapace and American actor Rooney Mara by playing the brilliant cyber - specialist / hacker with a moody past , Lisbeth Salander on the big screen , should she sign on for the project .
The Girl in the Spider ’s Webis ground on the fourth installment in the Millennium book serial publication overall and the first write by David Lagercrantz , adopt the last of the fact-finding journalist - turned author of the original Millennium novel trilogy , Stieg Larsson ( who create the Lisbeth Salander reference ) . The long - rumored news thatAlvarez is directingGirl in the Spider ’s Webbecame functionary back in March of this twelvemonth , at which point a 2018 theatrical release date was also announced - but with no reference of who would be taking over the role of Miss Salander .
THRsays that Foy has the offer to play Lisbeth Salander inGirl in the Spider ’s Web , but that scheduling needs to be worked out before the deal can be nail down . In addition , THR ’s reservoir are reporting thatRogue One : A Star WarsStory’sFelicity Jones was the other finalist for the Salander office , so Sony could potentially propose the Salander role to the Oscar - nominee Jones , should a deal with Foy fail to happen . Also competing for Foy ’s attending at the second is the upcomingNeil Armstrong biopic starring Ryan Goslingand directed by Gosling’sLa La Landcollaborator , Damien Chazelle .
Director David Fincher ’s 2011 film version ofThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo(based on Larsson ’s first Millennium novel ) was originally signify to be the first of multiple motion picture sport Mara as Salander . That design did n’t work out for a few different reasons and so in 2015 , reports emerged asserting that Sony would be insteadrebooting / relaunching theDragon Tattoomovie franchisewith a different director and principal doer in tow . As such , The Girl in the Spider ’s Webcould wind up answer as the starting time of a multi - film commitment for Foy , Jones or whoever does sign on to play Lisbeth Salander in the movie .
Alvarez certainly reads as a coherent match for the Millennium flick enfranchisement , after his piece of work onEvil Dead ( 2013)andDon’t Breathe- dark and disturbing stories that also feature immature female protagonists , similar to the saga of Lisbeth Salander - and either Foy or Jones reads on report as being a worthwhile option to play Miss Salander . If there is cause for concern , it ’s that the Millennium novel write since Larsson ’s demise ( all two of them , that is ) have not retake the popularity of the original Word of God trilogy and thus , the requirement for aGirl in the Spider ’s Webmovie is respectively lower . That some fans are still bilk that Fincher and Mara did n’t get to see their plannedDragon Tattootrilogy through to the final stage , will not helpSpider ’s Web ’s cause either .
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Source : THR
