The cast for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” continues to come together, and today we have word of who’s going to be young Harriet Vanger. Alexandra Daddario of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” will be portraying young Harriet in the flashback scenes of the movie.
The 24-year-old actress will next be seen in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as a young Harriet Vanger. The older version is played by Joely Richardson. Do you think they look alike?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is about journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who is hired by a grieving man to find his niece Harriet, who disappeared years ago. Mikael is aided by Lisbeth Salander, played by Rooney Mara.
Source: Just Jared
Congrats to Rooney and the entire cast of “The Social Network” on this great honor!! *crosses fingers we’ll see Rooney attend the ceremony*
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Douglas Urbanski and Rooney Mara to receive the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award” at the Hollywood Awards Gala.
The festival and awards will mark their return on October 20 for a week long series of screenings, competitions and awards. The Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 25, 2010.
Congratulations once again to Rooney and the entire cast and crew of “The Social Network”, it is the #1 movie at the box office for a 2nd straight week! Word of mouth is incredibly strong on this film and it only dropped around 30% from opening weekend, which is huge.
$15.9 mil ‘Social’ No. 1 for 2nd straight weekend
‘Life,’ ‘Secretariat’ debut strong, ‘Soul’ starts soft at No. 5
The Facebook drama “The Social Network” continues to add more friends at the box office as the Sony picture took in another $15.9, according to Rentrak, to top the weekend for a second straight week.
Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel’s romantic comedy “Life as We Know It” debuted with a $14.6-million weekend to take the No. 2 spot.
Coming in third place, Disney’s horse-racing drama “Secretariat” made a comfortable debut with $12.6 million.
“Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” added another $7 million to its nest egg to take the fourth spot.
Rounding out the top five with a relatively soft debut and $7 million was Wes Craven’s “My Soul to Take.”
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
David Fincher spoke to Swedish news outlet SVD to promote “The Social Network” and of course had some things to say about “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, which is currently filming. Most notably, 3 new actors have joined the cast: Joely Richardson, Steven Berkoff and David Dencik, who appeared in the original Swedish films as well. Below is a rough translation of the interview:
Millennium film will “capture Sweden”
Director David Fincher wants his version of Stieg Larsson’s books to catch Sweden.
“I hope I can find an atmosphere reminiscent of “Chinatown”.”
David Fincher is a superstar in Hollywood. He has previously made such as “Seven” and “Fight Club”, and may currently very positive reviews for his film “The social network”, the story of the young men who started up.
It is to talk about the film – which goes up in Sweden on 22 October – as he hits up a few journalists.
But since he is currently also engaged in directing the first American film by Stieg Larsson “Millennium” trilogy, he also speaks about it – but says a bit ironically:
“I’ve just started with it. I have not had time to figure out some cliché answers yet to use when I asked about it.”
Filming has already started, but first this week is production in high gear with filming on the streets around Stockholm.
David Fincher says that it is definitely not a remake of the Swedish film.
“There is absolutely no reason to do that. Steve Zaillian has written the new screenplay, and he has based it on the book and made his own version. Sure, there are scenes that will resemble them in the Swedish film, but it is the book that we are filming.”
He talks a lot about “Swedish Noir”, and says that his movie also atmospherically will differ from the Swedish. “It was very effectively done in an American way. I hope I can find an atmosphere reminiscent of ‘Chinatown’.”
Roman Polanski directed the noir classic from 1974 with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in the lead roles.
When the TT spectra asked when shooting starts for real, and when Daniel Craig would come into play in the role of Mikael Blomkvist, Fincher just smiles and does not respond.
Will there be one, or will the three Millennium Films?
David Fincher laughs loudly and says, “We’ll see. If the first is not good, it’s no use to do more.”
However, he with a few new names added to the actress list where we have been told Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgård, Robin Wright and Christopher Plummer.
“Let’s see. Joely Richardson. And Steven Berkoff. And David Dencik.”
David Finchers “The girl with the dragon tattoo” will premiere in autumn 2011.
Google translated and edited by RMS from SVD.
Congratulations to Rooney and the cast and crew of “The Social Network” on their #1 finish at the box office!
‘Social Network’ tops weekend box office
Sony’s “The Social Network” tops the weekend domestic box office, taking in $23 million.
The David Fincher film about the social networking site Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg is already generating Oscar buzz for its young cast, which includes Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. The film opened with $8 million in its first day of release on Friday.
Warner Bros’ “Legend of the Guardian: Owls of Ga’Hoole” swooped into second place with $10.9 million, followed by 20th Century Fox’s drama “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” with $10.1 million.
Ben Affleck’s “The Town” from Warner Bros. entered its third week in cinemas at No. 4, nabbing another $10 million.
The Sony teen comedy “Easy A” strutted away with $7 million to close out the top five list of the weekend’s most successful films on the domestic front.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Thanks to William for the head’s up that Rooney’s new movie “The Winning Season” will be released on DVD on November 23, 2010 and is up for pre-order now on Amazon!
From director James C. Strouse (Grace is Gone) comes THE WINNING SEASON starring Sam Rockwell as an adult misfit who is brought on to coach the local girl’s high school basketball team. THE WINNING SEASON co-stars Emma Roberts, and also stars Rooney Mara, Rob Corddry, Shareeka Epps, Emily Rios and Margo Martindale.
No special features news yet, but we will keep you updated! And of course DVD captures will be coming your way as soon as I get my hands on a copy.
Christopher Plummer will be joining Rooney and Daniel in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and will be playing the pivotal role of Henrik Vanger, reports THR. The role was formerly rumored to have gone to veteran Swedish actor Max Von Sydow.
Christopher Plummer cast in ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ (exclusive)
Christopher Plummer will play the patriarch of the family with dark secrets in Columbia’s adaptation of worldwide book sensation “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
The movie, which is shooting in Sweden with David Fincher behind the camera, stars Daniel Craig as a disgraced journalist who teams up with a pierced and tattooed hacker, played by Rooney Mara.
The two are hired by a wealthy industrialist (Plummer) to solve a 40-year unsolved murder, but the case uncovers a web of familial corruption.
Hope we get more casting news soon as the movie has already begun filming!
EW.com caught up with David Fincher in New York today where he is promoting “The Social Network” (hoping we might see Rooney today!) and he had some words about the recent rumors of Rooney’s injury and the photos that leaked of her riding a motorcycle.
Fans of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo held their breath on Wednesday when it was reported that the upcoming Hollywood film adaptation — currently in production in Sweden — had to shut down after star Rooney Mara injured her shoulder. Sony quickly shot down the rumors, saying that the new Lisbeth Salander is fine.
Now director David Fincher is also speaking up to assure fans that all is well: “It’s total bulls—,” he told EW this morning in NYC, where he’s promoting the world premiere of his new film The Social Network at the New York Film Festival. “She’s alive and well,” he confirms. “We don’t even shoot with her until October.”
Fincher also said that leaked photos appearing to show Mara in full Salander garb aren’t the real deal, either. “There have been no photos of her in costume,” he says. “There have only been photos of her learning to ride a Harley 350.”
So breathe easy, Dragon lovers: Salander will ride another day.
PHEW! Was hoping that story wasn’t true! Moviefone has gotten in touch with a representative at Sony and they have confirmed the reports of Rooney injuring her shoulder on the set of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” are totally false.
Word arrived this morning via a Swedish website that Rooney Mara was “severely injured” on the set of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, and that production on the film was shut down indefinitely. The report claimed Mara injured her shoulder while filming and that she was rushed to the hospital from the set. Well, from what we’ve just learned, it appears the new Lisbeth Salandar is just fine.
Cinematical reached out to Sony regarding the matter, and they’re claiming the story is not true at all. So relax, take a breath and go about your daily business knowing Ms. Mara is still equipped to film what’s easily shaping up to be one of the most anticipated films of 2011. Directed by David Fincher, ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is the first English-language adaptation of the popular series penned by Stieg Larsson. There are three books all together in the series (‘Dragon Tattoo’, ‘The Girl Who Played with Fire’, ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest’), and all three have already been adapted into Swedish films, with newcomer Noomi Rapace drawing critical acclaims for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salandar.
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