According to Variety, Claes Bang (The Square) has signed on to portray a villain in The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Sony’s sequel / reboot to David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Bang joins a cast that includes Claire Foy (The Crown) as Lisbeth Salander and Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049) as Lisbeth’s evil twin sister. Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe) is set to direct the film from a script by Alvarez, Jay Basu and Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders).
The Girl in the Spider’s Web is based upon David Lagercrantz’s 2015 bestseller, the first book in the Millennium series not penned by creator Stieg Larsson. It is set for release on October 19th, 2018.
Originally published November 19, 2017. Updated April 18, 2018.
