The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is the third novel and movie of the late Swedish Communist Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. The trilogy has sold 65 million copies as of December 2011, and in 2010, The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest was the best-selling novel in the US.
Tag: The Millennium Trilogy
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) is the second novel/movie in the dismayingly popular Millennium Trilogy by the late Swedish communist and feminist Stieg Larsson. It is the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was recently remade in English directed by David Fincher. Assuming that Hollywood will remake all three Swedish films, we might as well get a sneak preview by taking a look at the Swedish sequels. (more…)
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David Fincher’s big-star, big-budget, English-language remake of the 2009 Swedish film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was certainly not necessary from an artistic point of view. The original film, directed by Dane Niels Arden Oplev, was extremely well-acted and well-made. For fans of the novel, it is iconic.
The obvious motive for the remake, of course, was money. (more…)