The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Has there ever been a more widely accepted remake than this? What excites me most, other than how amazing Rooney Mara looks as Lisbeth, is the fact that David Fincher is releasing two films in as many years, since we all know how meticulous the director has been with his other, earlier films. And, okay, Fincher and Mara (and others) have made it clear their adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel differs from Niels Arden Oplev's international smash. I love the original film trilogy -- although I feel like the first is the best in the series -- but is it rude to indicate that it's Fincher's version that makes me want to (finally) read the novels ahead of time?

Counting down the days until David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo hits theaters? Catch yourself re-watching the trailer with that kickass Trent Reznor cover of "Immigrant Song?" Wait, do you also think The Big Lebowski is the greatest movie ever made?
Then we might have the perfect trailer for you. It's mash-up of Lebowski using the song from Dragon Tattoo. Instead of shots taking us closer and closer to a mysterious home, we get the POV shots of a bowling ball going down a lane and a look at the Coen Bros. classic, as a serious crime thriller. Enjoy.

The English-language film is directed by David Fincher based on an adapted screenplay by Steven Zaillian. In early 2010, producer Scott Rudin began developing the project under Columbia Pictures, though Paramount Pictures were considering an adaptation in September 2008, when Alfred A. Knopf published the novel for the United States market.

By April 2010, Fincher was attached as director. Shooting began in Stockholm, Sweden in September 2010. Jeff Cronenweth replaced original cinematographer Fredrik Bäckar after eight weeks. Principal photography moved to Zurich, Switzerland in early December 2010, before breaking for Christmas. Production resumed at the Sony Studios and Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, then returned to Sweden in the spring.[citation needed] In May 2011, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer became a co-financier, putting up 20% of the film's budget, and getting some international TV rights.

Fincher pledged before filming began that the movie would not soft-pedal the book's content, which included rape, torture, bigotry and murder, and that it would be a "hard R". The movie has since been given an R rating by the MPAA for "brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, and language". The film has been rated 18 in the United Kingdom for "strong sex and sexual violence" by the BBFC. Similarly the film has been classified MA 15+ in Australia for "strong sexual violence, themes, sex scenes and violence" by the OFLC.

The director of the original Swedish version of the film has been quoted as saying 'Why would they remake something when they can just go see the original?'.