“Dragon Tattoo”sequel to release October '18

Sony Pictures' “The Girl in the Spider's Web” the sequel to the Oscar-nominated “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, will debut in theaters on Oct. 5, 2018.

Fede Alvarez, the director of “Don't Breathe”, will helm the film, which will feature a brand new cast.

According to insiders, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, who co-starred in 2008's “The Other Boleyn Girl”, are among the actresses in the mix to play Lisbeth Salander as Alvarez begins meeting with talent. Johansson vied for the role that eventually went to Rooney Mara in the first film. 

Steven Knight and Alvarez & Jay Basu penned the script. Scott Rudin, Søren Stærmose, Ole Søndberg, Amy Pascal, Elizabeth Cantillon, Eli Bush, and Berna Levin will produce. 

Penned by David Lagercrantz, the new book will be the first in the best-selling series to be produced into an English-language film in its initial adaptation. The previous books in the series have been adapted into Swedish-language films, and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” was a remake of the Swedish film. It became a global hit for Columbia Pictures, taking in over $230 million worldwide.

The announcement was made Monday at the London Book Fair during a celebration for the fifth Millennium book launch, also by Lagercrantz. 

Source: Variety