‘The Girl In The Spider’s Web’ Trailer: Meet The New Lisbeth Salander

Lisbeth Salander, aka The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is back, and she’s got a whole new look. The Crown actress Claire Foy steps into the role for the new film The Girl In The Spider’s Web, which draws inspiration from Stieg Larsson‘s Millennium trilogy. Watch the Girl In The Spider’s Web trailer below.

The Girl In The Spider’s Web Trailer

Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has served as the inspiration for a slew of films. First, there were the Swedish-language adaptations of Larson’s three books – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (2009). Then in 2011, the American remake of Dragon Tattoo arrived, directed by David Fincher and starring Rooney Mara as hacker Lisbeth Salander, and Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist.

Fincher’s film was a hit despite it’s disturbing subject matter, and the director expressed interest in filming the two sequels – Played with Fire and Kicked the Hornets’ Nest – back to back. Yet the sequels never materialized. Both Fincher and Mara continued to express interest in making the movies, but Sony never got the films off the ground. In 2015, Sony decided to reboot the franchise entirely and adapt The Girl In The Spider’s Web. While set in the same universe as the original Millennium trilogy, Spider’s Web was authored by David Lagercrantz, as original author Stieg Larsson died of a heart attack in 2004.

And now here we are! With the brand new take on the material, featuring Claire Foy taking over for Rooney Mara as Lisbeth and Sverrir Gudnason stepping in for Daniel Craig as Blomkvist. Don’t Breathe filmmaker Fede Álvarez helms the movie, which finds Lisbeth and Blomkvist “caught in a web of spies, cyber criminals and corrupt government officials.”

I’m torn on this whole endeavor. I loved Fincher’s Dragon Tattoo, and would’ve really liked to have him return with Mara and Craig again. At the same time, Álvarez is an accomplished filmmaker, and I’m curious to see Foy step into a much darker role. The rest of the cast is pretty impressive too: Sylvia Hoeks, Claes Bang, LaKeith Stanfield, Cameron Britton and Stephen Merchant all co-star.

The Girl In The Spider’s Web opens November 9, 2018.

A genius hacker who has always been an outsider. A journalist with a penchant for danger. She is Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo. He is Mikael Blomkvist, crusading editor of Millennium. One night, Blomkvist receives a call from a source who claims to have been given information vital to the United States by a young female hacker. Blomkvist, always on the lookout for a story, reaches out to Salander for help. She, as usual, has plans of her own. Together they are drawn into a ruthless underworld of spies, cybercriminals, and government operatives—some willing to kill to protect their secrets.

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