Millennium Trilogy Films

Year: 2009

Genre: Drama/Thriller/Crime

Region: USA

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Language: English

Release Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009

English Title: The Millennium Trilogy

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IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132620 (7.7/10 (20,358 votes))

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Part 1 Synopsis:

Content Summary

The film is adapted from the first book of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, and it tells the story of a remarkable female hacker and a journalist. On December 29, 1966, sixteen-year-old Harriet Vanger mysteriously disappeared. Forty years later, a journalist named Mikael Blomkvist accepts a special assignment. Business tycoon Henrik Vanger commissions him to investigate the past of the Vanger family. Everything about Harriet is shrouded in mystery. Mikael resigns from his job at Millennium magazine and receives help from a female hacker named Lisbeth Salander. Together, they gradually uncover the dark and bloody secrets of the Vanger family’s history...

According to Variety, "This was an unexpected outcome": Because the Swedish thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," which began screening at the end of last month, has been successful at the box office, Yellow Bird Productions and SVT have decided to shoot two sequels and target the global film market.

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) will have two sequels titled "The Girl Who Played with Fire" (The Girl Who Played with Fire) and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" (The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest). Originally, the production company did not plan to make them into a movie trilogy but instead intended to produce them as mini-series. However, the box office success of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in the Nordic region of Scandinavia changed their minds.

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" premiered in Denmark and Sweden on February 27, then in Norway on March 13, and finally in Finland on March 27. Currently, the number of viewers in Sweden has exceeded 1.5 million, and the total box office revenue in Denmark and Norway is approximately $21 million.

Producer Soren Stermose said: "We will immediately contact all distributors around the world who want to purchase the screening rights for the first movie, and we will also start negotiating the second and third parts."

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is directed by Danish director Niels Arden Oplev and is adapted from the first book of the Millennium Trilogy written by renowned Swedish mystery novelist Stieg Larsson. It tells the story of a remarkable female hacker and a journalist. On December 29, 1966, sixteen-year-old Harriet Vanger mysteriously disappeared. Forty years later, a journalist named Mikael Blomkvist accepts a special assignment: Business magnate Henrik Vanger commissions him to investigate the past of the Vanger family. Everything about Harriet is shrouded in mystery. Mikael resigns from his job at Millennium magazine and receives help from a female hacker named Lisbeth Salander. Together, they gradually uncover the dark and bloody secrets of the Vanger family’s history...

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" will be released in French and Belgian theaters on May 13, and it will hit Dutch cinemas on August 13. The DVD is planned to be released in Sweden on August 26. A six-episode mini-series (total length of 9 hours) based on the Millennium Trilogy novels is also scheduled to premiere in Sweden in March 2010, showcasing scenes not seen in the movie trilogy. The six-episode mini-series will be directed by Niels Arden Oplev, who also directed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," and the series will also be available on DVD.

"The Girl Who Played with Fire" is planned to be released in Sweden in September, while "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" is scheduled to premiere in November. Both sequels will be directed by Daniel Alfredson.

Part 2 Synopsis:

The film is adapted from the second book of Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, following "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

In "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," the enigmatic woman Lisbeth Salander becomes the most notorious and controversial fugitive in all of Sweden in "The Girl Who Played with Fire!" She discovers that the most effective way to prevent fear from approaching is to imagine things that empower her. So she closes her eyes and imagines the smell of gasoline...

Two freelance writers preparing an explosive report for Millennium magazine and a well-regarded lawyer are brutally murdered in their homes, leaving behind Lisbeth Salander's fingerprints on the weapon. Her unpredictable history of violent behavior makes her the obvious suspect, a dangerous individual. But no matter how tight the police defenses are, she vanishes like she's evaporated into thin air.

Did she really commit the murders? And where has she hidden herself? Will there be another victim? As the investigation deepens, Salander's unknown dark past begins to unravel... No matter what the truth may be, Salander refuses to be a helpless victim. She is an avenging angel—her justified anger will descend upon those who have harmed her. The ending will shock and move you again!

Part 3 Synopsis:

Salander is planning her revenge against a man who tried to kill her and against the government that nearly destroyed her life. But it won't be a simple task. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision and faces charges of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence but also expose and condemn political corruption. This very corruption in politics has made the vulnerable victims of abuse and violence. As a victim herself, Salander is ready to fight back.