Disgraced journalist mikael blomkvist (daniel craig) accepts an invitation to surreptitiously investigate a forty year old unsolved murder on behalf of the victim's uncle, swedish industrialist. Inspired by late author stieg larsson's successful trilogy of books, the girl with the dragon tattoo gets under way as the two leads (daniel craig and rooney mara) are briefed in the disappearance. It didn’t take long before hollywood caught on, producing their own david fincher-led girl with the dragon tattoo starring rooney mara and daniel craig. from there though, things stalled..
The girl with the dragon tattoo is the first film in columbia pictures' three-picture adaptation of stieg larsson's literary blockbuster the millennium trilogy.. Daniel craig and rooney mara in the girl with the dragon tattoo. i n 1936 the hollywood mogul david o selznick bought the swedish movie thriller the girl with the dragon tattoo, a version of. David fincher's film of the girl with the dragon tattoo wasn't the intended franchise starter. but why not? the film stars rooney mara and daniel craig in the lead roles, and faithfully goes.