the girl with the dragon tattoo

Hard to believe now, but there was a time when The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was poised to be Hollywood’s next big franchise. David Fincher’s relentlessly bleak 2011 adaptation was a sizable hit for Sony and MGM, scored a handful of Oscar nominations (including a win for Best Film Editing and a Best Actress nod for Rooney Mara’s chilling turn as hacker Lisbeth Salander) and got copies of the novels flying off shelves faster than ever. But then Fincher moved to greener airport-novel pastures with Gone Girl, Mara ran off for an intimate but forbidden sapphic affair with Cate Blanchett (who can blame her!) in Carol, and the world continued spinning apace.

In one corner, we have Rooney Mara, the virtually unknown actress who beat out starlets like Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman for the life-changing role of Lisbeth Salander, playing opposite Daniel Craig in ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo‘ remake. In the other, we have Noomi Rapace, who set the Lisbeth Salander standard by portraying the character in the original Swedish film versions of al

"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" comes out Dec. 21, but if you just can't wait that long, here's the just-released eight-minute extended version of the trailer.