Report: Daniel Craig signs on to star in ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
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Daniel Craig has inked a deal with Sony to play Mikael Blomkvist in the American version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Deadline Hollywood reports. The agreement reportedly includes options for two sequels -- films to be based on the other books in the late Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy. Craig appeared with Harrison Ford on Saturday at Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego, delivering, according to Geoff Boucher at Hero Complex, “the nerdvana sight of James Bond and Han Solo side-by-side.”
The new trilogy means Craig has almost enough franchises in hand to consider himself a chain: Blomkvist joins James Bond and, with some luck, Zeke Johnson of “Cowboys & Indians” in the actor’s stable of recurring characters.
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-- Christie D’Zurilla
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