Not to long ago we reported that David Fincher was circling a number of projects including: Heavy Metal, Pawn Sacrifice and The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. Well now we can reveal that when Fincher next gets the camera rolling it will be for the English version of the latter.It is a timely announcement with the release of the concluding installment to Stieg Larsson’s millennium trilogy: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest was published today.
It appears that Fincher’s involvement in the Bobby Fischer Chess biopic Pawn Sacrifice was only an advisory role, with the playlist reporting he ‘met with the producers to help them out’, but was never in the running to actually direct the feature.
Heavy Metal remains in limbo however, but with a multitude od directing talent on board [Take your cue. Mr James Cameron, Zack Snyder and Gore Verbinski] Fincher’s involvement would not appear to be paramount to the projects green light.
The information we know is that the Dragon Tattoo in its translated form is being produced by Scott Rudin, with Steve Zaillian handed scripting duties. With such strong original material to work on, along with the critically accepted Swedish versions in the cinemas as a guide of How to, the focus now rests on casting.
Shooting is billed for September, watch this space.
MATT RICHARDSON
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