Coming straight from Sweden and written by Stig Larsson, Saga Millennium changed the landscape of detective novels. A worldwide success, the books were subsequently adapted for the big screen in 2009.
Actress Noomi Rapace lends her magnetic image to the equally compelling character of Lisbeth Salander, a tortured punk hacker involved in the investigation. Two sequels were released in the same year.
Two years later, it was David Fincher who suggested re-reading the novel “Men Who Didn’t Love Women”. This time Rooney Mara plays the misfit, and James Bond escapee Daniel Craig plays journalist Mikael Blomkvist.
A failure at the box office, a new film would be released only seven years later, directed by Fede Alvarez and starring Claire Foy. Since then, Millénium has somewhat disappeared from the screens. Before. The Amazon platform, which is associated with MGM Studios, is currently producing the series.
The project currently in development will not be a remake nor a new adaptation, but a new story presented as “independent– In French, an independent plot that is sufficient in itself. Lisbeth Salander will be the central element of this new part.
So far, no names have been announced in the casting, but there is one showrunner: Vena Sud. The screenwriter directs several detective series, such as The Killing – available on Disney+ – or Seven Seconds – available on Netflix.
The Millennium series does not have a release date yet.
Source: Allocine
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