"The rocky road to getting another Lisbeth Salander movie made is finally clearing up," Indiewire noted in reporting that Sony Pictures has announced The Girl in the Spider's Web, based on David Lagercrantz's novel, will begin production this September with a tentative release date of October 5, 2018.
Fede Alvarez (Don't Breathe) will direct a script he wrote with Steven Knight and Jay Basu. Indiewire observed that the "news should prove exciting for fans of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, though anyone who loved the 2011 adaptation The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo may be disappointed: David Fincher is only serving as executive producer and Rooney Mara is officially out as hacker Lisbeth Salander." Sony confirmed the film will feature an entirely new cast.
"Lisbeth Salander is the kind of character any director dreams of bringing to life," Alvarez said. "We've got a great script and now comes the most fun part--finding our Lisbeth."