The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)

Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy) is now a vigilante in Stockholm. Programmer Frans Balder hires her to steal back Firefall, a program he built that can reach nuclear codes. She pulls it off, but mercenaries grab the file, kill Balder and kidnap his son, August. Lisbeth rescues the boy and learns that the Spiders gang is run by her sister Camilla, whom she thought was dead. With Mikael Blomkvist and NSA agent Ed Needham, she storms the house the sisters grew up in to save August. Camilla escapes with Firefall, but Lisbeth catches up with her on a clifftop, and Camilla steps off the edge. Lisbeth destroys the program, August goes home to his mother, and she burns down her childhood home.

1. Behind the scenesNew cast, same line

   The film works as a follow-up to the 2011 movie but recasts everyone: Claire Foy as Lisbeth and Sverrir Gudnason as Mikael. Fincher stayed on only as executive producer.

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2. ReferenceSkipping two books

   Instead of adapting the second and third books, as Fincher had planned, the studio jumped to the fourth, the first one written by David Lagercrantz.

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3. Behind the scenesBox office below budget

   On a $43 million budget, the film made about $35 million worldwide and was labeled a flop. Critics still praised Claire Foy.

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