The Girl in the Spider's Web (film) The Girl in the Spider's Web (film) The Girl in the Spider's Web is a 2018 crime thriller film directed by Fede Álvarez and written by Álvarez, Steven Knight, and Jay Basu, based on the novel of the same name by David Lagercrantz, which in turn is based on characters in the book series by Stieg Larsson. The film acts as both a soft-reboot and a sequel to David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", as the second installment in the American-produced "Millennium" film series. It stars Claire Foy, taking over the role of Lisbeth Salander from Rooney Mara,
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) 2011", while reaching the top ten of seven other publications, including the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch", "San Francisco Chronicle", and the "New Orleans Times-Picayune". "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was declared one of the best films of the year by the American Film Institute, as well as the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. In December 2011, Fincher stated that the creative team involved planned to film the sequels "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", "back to back." There was an announced release date of 2013 for a film version of