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  • Music Box Films partnership with RAINN turns Dragon Tattoo into a learning experience

    Music Box Films partnership with RAINN turns Dragon Tattoo into a learning experience

    August 30th, 2010 | News | No Comments

    If there’s one thing that Hollywood likes, it’s gratuitous violence. But, most would agree that Stieg Larsson didn’t much care for it. The deep underlying messages of activism and the strong renunciation of violence against women in his books ( The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who [...]

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  • Noomi Rapace and her new, potential and big roles

    Noomi Rapace and her new, potential and big roles

    August 19th, 2010 | News, People | 2 Comments

    Success is very, very sweet. Especially when it’s well-deserved. Allegedly, Noomi Rapace is in talks to star in some big, old, Hollywood movies as the result of her outstanding performances in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest [...]

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  • Hollywood Finally Found Their Lisbeth Salander

    Hollywood Finally Found Their Lisbeth Salander

    August 16th, 2010 | Movies, News | 1 Comment

    It’s official, Sony has announced that they’ve signed Rooney Mara (who can be seen in the upcoming Facebook biopic, The Social Network) to play Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. [...]

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  • Stieg Larsson wrote Dragon Tattoo out of guilt?

    Stieg Larsson wrote Dragon Tattoo out of guilt?

    August 9th, 2010 | People | 1 Comment

    Gotta say, that’s some seriously strong guilt. ABC currently has a feature highlighting Kurdo Baksi’s Stieg Larsson: Our Days in Stockholm which is a memoir that will be published soon. Baksi is an old friend. Allegedly. According to Baksi, Larsson witnessed a gang rape of a girl named Lisbeth when he was 15, didn’t stop [...]

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  • Dragon Tattoo on CBS Early Show, Friday August 6

    Dragon Tattoo on CBS Early Show, Friday August 6

    August 5th, 2010 | News | No Comments

    On this Friday’s CBS Early Show, a segment will feature The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the hot book of the summer. They’ll also dish about the films. Maybe we’ll even get a scoop on the Hollywood remake. Check it out to get your Dragon fix! The segment will air between 8:30am and 9:00am [...]

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  • Tattoos, Fires and Hornets for the Holidays

    Tattoos, Fires and Hornets for the Holidays

    August 3rd, 2010 | Books | No Comments

    Knopf is bringing ‘The Girl’ home for the holidays. They’ve put together a box set of all three books in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest will be accompanied by a fourth book about the deceased author. [...]

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  • Who will play Hollywood’s Lisbeth Salander? Possibly no one in Hollywood.

    Who will play Hollywood’s Lisbeth Salander? Possibly no one in Hollywood.

    July 30th, 2010 | Movies | 1 Comment

    Or so it seems. The rumor mill has it that director David Fincher is looking outside the siliconed, botoxed box for this one. The rumors that it could be Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman or Miley Cyrus (yes, we did hear that rumor somewhere) have pretty much been laid to rest. The latest round up of [...]

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  • An actual factual update on Hollywood’s Dragon Tattoo

    An actual factual update on Hollywood’s Dragon Tattoo

    July 21st, 2010 | Interviews, Movies | 4 Comments

    Finally, some news on the Hollywood versions of the Millennium Trilogy straight from the horse’s mouth. Sony Pictures Entertainment co-Chairman Amy Pascal talked to Wrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman about many incredible facets and topics of the movie biz…and lucky us, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and the Trilogy came up. Amy Pascal: … a [...]

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  • New Contest! Music Box Partners with RAINN for internships, iPads and a trip to Stieg Larsson’s Sweden!

    New Contest! Music Box Partners with RAINN for internships, iPads and a trip to Stieg Larsson’s Sweden!

    July 18th, 2010 | News | 1 Comment

    With the release of THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE film comes a brand new contest: *IGNITE YOUR CAREER* Win a once in a lifetime INTERNSHIP or an IPAD…or a trip to SWEDEN! *In honor of Lisbeth Salander, the internship/iPad contest is for the 20-something set. _______________________________ The Internships Central to the plot of Stieg [...]

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  • Music Box Films Projected Box Office: 7/9 – 7/11/10

    Music Box Films Projected Box Office: 7/9 – 7/11/10

    July 11th, 2010 | Movies | No Comments

    THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (US and Canada) W/E: $965,488 Locations: 110 Location average: $8,777 Cume: $965,488 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (US only) W/E: $788,037 Locations: 87 Location average: $9,058 Cume: $788,037 These numbers compare very well to our (Music Box Films) opening of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, which on [...]

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