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 of all—author Larsson's penchant for always telling us exactly what we should be feeling." On the other hand, Dr. Abdallah Daar, writing for "Nature", said, "The events surrounding the great-niece's disappearance are meticulously and ingeniously pieced together, with plenty of scientific insight." The "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" wrote, "It's a big, intricately plotted, darkly humorous work, rich with ironies, quirky but believable characters and a literary playfulness that only a master of the genre and its history could bring off." As of 3 June 2011, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" had sold over 3.4 million copies in hardcover or ebook formats,