In December 2011, Fincher stated that the creative team involved planned to film the sequels "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", "back to back." There was an announced release date of 2013 for a film version of "The Girl Who Played with Fire", although by August 2012 it was delayed due to changes being done to the script, being written by Steven Zaillian. By July 2013, Andrew Kevin Walker was hired to re-write the script. The following year, Fincher stated that a script for "The Girl that Played with Fire" had been written and that it was "extremely different from the book," and that despite the long delay, he was confident that the film would be made given that the studio "already has spent millions of dollars on the rights and the script".
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Sequel
Yes, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest". Yes, "The Girl in the Spider's Web" Yes, "The Girl in the Spider's Web". "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest"
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Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara
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Mikael Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a woman from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years prior. He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker.
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Stockholm, Sweden; Uppsala; Zurich, Switzerland; and finally Oslo, Norway.
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Reznor and Ross
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Mara was less optimistic about the production of the sequels, though she stated that she was still contractually signed on to reprise the lead role. By November 2015, it was announced that Sony was considering rebooting the franchise, before settling on continuing the film series with an adaptation of "The Girl in the Spider's Web". The story is based on a 2015 novel by David Lagercrantz that was a continuation of the original "Millennium" trilogy after series creator Stieg Larsson died in 2004. Looking for a new lead in the series, Alicia Vikander was considered by the studio. The following year, Fede Álvarez was announced by Sony as director, as well as co-screenwriter with Steven Knight and Jay Basu.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Sequel
In December 2011, Fincher stated that the creative team involved planned to film the sequels "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", "back to back." There was an announced release date of 2013 for a film version of "The Girl Who Played with Fire", although by August 2012 it was delayed due to changes being done to the script, being written by Steven Zaillian. By July 2013, Andrew Kevin Walker was hired to re-write the script. The following year, Fincher stated that a script for "The Girl that Played with Fire" had been written and that it was "extremely different from the book," and that despite the long delay, he was confident that the film would be made given that the studio "already has spent millions of dollars on the rights and the script".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Sequel
"The Girl in the Spider's Web" was notably the first adaptation of an installment in the book series to be produced into an English-language film upon its initial release. By March 2017, Álvarez announced that the film would have an entirely new cast, as he wanted the entire film to be his interpretation of the story. In September of the same year, Claire Foy was cast as Lisbeth Salander, replacing Mara. The film released in the U.S. on November 9, 2018.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Sequel
A teaser trailer for the film was released online on June 2, 2011, (previously being attached to certain domestic and international films), featuring a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song", by Reznor, Ross and Karen O (from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs). On August 10, the film's official website was updated to feature background music "She Reminds Me of You", under the filename "Dotcom.mp3". As was the case with "Hand Covers Bruise" from "The Social Network's" official site, this backing music was the first piece from the score to be available for listening. A full-length trailer for the film was released on September 22, featuring music from the score again, the first time the score had been specifically set to footage.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Promotion
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the score album for David Fincher's 2011 film of the same name, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. It was released on December 9, 2011, through The Null Corporation in the US and Mute Records outside North America. This is the second soundtrack that Reznor and Ross have worked on together, following the Oscar-winning "The Social Network", also for Fincher. The soundtrack is nearly three hours long, and includes covers of the Led Zeppelin track, "Immigrant Song", featuring Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Bryan Ferry song, "Is Your Love Strong Enough?", by Reznor and Ross' own band, How to Destroy Angels.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Introduction
An image posted on "Mouth Taped Shut" showed Reznor in the studio, working on the score. On close inspection, however, the monitor of his computer displayed the url, http://www.comesforthinthethaw.com, which when typed in linked to a site featuring an ever-evolving array of further background music accompanied to various film stills.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | "...Comes Forth in the Thaw"
This was supported by Morgenstern, who avouched that Craig "nonetheless finds welcome humor in Mikael's impassive affect". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" said the film was given a more assured quality than the original because of Fincher's direction and the lead performances, although he believed this did not always work to the film's advantage, preferring the original version's "less confident surface" where "emotions were closer to the surface."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
A Tumblr blog entitled "Mouth Taped Shut" was launched on August 20, 2011, releasing behind-the-scenes photographs of the shooting and production of the film. On October 3, the blog posted a YouTube video of custom posters for the film being printed, with backing music by Reznor and Ross. The blog was also used extensively to promote a public preview of the film, and had hosted snapshots of the score in progress.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | "Mouth Taped Shut"
"We weren’t working on a finished thing, so everything keeps moving around, scenes are changing in length, and even the order of things are shuffled around, and that can get pretty frustrating when you get precious about your work. It was a lesson we learned pretty quickly of, 'Everything is in flux, and approach it as such. Hopefully it’ll work out in the end.'"
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Soundtrack
Fincher recruited Reznor and Ross to produce the score; aside from their successful collaboration on "The Social Network", the duo had worked together on albums from Nine Inch Nails' later discography. They dedicated much of the year to work on the film, as they felt it would appeal to a broad audience. Akin to his efforts in "The Social Network", Reznor experiments with acoustics and blends them with elements of electronic music, resulting in a forbidding atmosphere. "We wanted to create the sound of coldness—emotionally and also physically," he asserted, "We wanted to take lots of acoustic instruments [...] and transplant them into a very inorganic setting, and dress the set around them with electronics." Even before viewing the script, Reznor and Ross opted to use a redolent approach to creating the film's score.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Soundtrack
The former premiered on KROQ radio on December 2, 2011, and was made available as a download to anyone who purchased the iTunes pre-order of the album. In addition, the file was accompanied with an extended, 8 minute trailer for the film, scored specifically by Reznor and Ross. On December 2, a six-song sampler of the album was made available for free online along with the pre-release of various different formats of the soundtrack. The score was nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe award for Best Original Score – Motion Picture, and won the 2012 Grammy award for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Introduction
Rene Rodriguez of "The Miami Herald" said that the "fabulously sinister entertainment" surpassed the original film "in every way". The film took two and a half stars from "Rolling Stone" commentator Peter Travers, who concluded: "Fincher's "Girl" is gloriously rendered but too impersonal to leave a mark." A. O. Scott, writing for "The New York Times", admired the moments of "brilliantly orchestrated" anxiety and confusion, but felt that "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was vulnerable to the "lumbering proceduralism" that he saw in its literary counterpart, as evident with the "long stretches of drab, hackneyed exposition that flatten the atmosphere".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo () is a 2009 crime thriller film directed by Niels Arden Oplev from a screenplay by Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the first entry in his "Millennium" series. The film stars Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace. That same year, two sequels, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", were released in September and November, respectively.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Introduction
In one instance, Blomkvist is strangled by strips of newspaper, a metaphor for the establishment squelching his exposes.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Title sequence
An alternate album "For Your Consideration" (FYC) was sent by Sony Pictures to awarding bodies. It features the actual film cues, which have alternate titles, edits and mixes from the versions on the commercially available soundtrack, along with one composition not on the soundtrack release at all. The same album was made available on the Sony Pictures FYC site as of February 6, 2012. Here, it was presented in chronological order from the film, and did not feature the Led Zeppelin cover performed by Trent Reznor and Karen O:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Award FYC album
Fincher said "And we all almost pissed ourselves, we were laughing so hard. No, actually, it’s worse than that. He said, ‘Orinoco Flow!’ Everybody looked at each other, like, what is he talking about? And he said, ‘You know, “Sail away, sail away...”’ And I thought, this guy is going to make Blomkvist as metro as we need."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Filming
Similar results were achieved in Australia, where it reached 252 theaters. The film's momentum continued throughout the month, and by January 22, it had hit ten additional markets, including France and Mexico, from which it drew $3.25 million from 540 venues and $1.25 million from 540 theaters, respectively. In its second week in France it descended to number three, with a total gross of $5.8 million. The next major international release came in Japan on February 13, where it opened in first place with $3.68 million (¥288 million) in 431 theaters. By the weekend of February 17–19, the film had scooped up $119.5 million from international markets.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 psychological crime thriller film based on the 2005 novel by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was directed by David Fincher with a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Starring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, it tells the story of Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a woman from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years prior. He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker. A co-production of the United States, United Kingdom and Sweden, Sony Pictures Entertainment began development on the film in 2009.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Introduction
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" received positive reviews from critics, with particular note to the cast, tone, score and cinematography. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 86%, based on 249 reviews, with an average rating of 7.59/10. The site's consensus states, "Brutal yet captivating, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is the result of David Fincher working at his lurid best with total role commitment from star Rooney Mara." At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score, the film received an average score of 71 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film in a DVD and Blu-ray disc combo pack in the United States on March 20, 2012. Bonus features include a commentary from Fincher, featurettes on Blomkvist, Salander, the sets and locations, etc. The disc artwork for the DVD version of the film resembles a Sony brand DVD-R, a reference to the hacker Lisbeth Salander. This caused a bit of confusion in the marketplace with consumers thinking they had obtained a bootleg copy. The release sold 644,000 copies in its first week, in third place behind "The Muppets" and "Hop". The following week, the film sold an additional 144,000 copies generating $2.59 million in gross revenue.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Home media
The film was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2011 and was a candidate for numerous awards, winning, among others, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, while Mara's performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Introduction
The success of Stieg Larsson's novel created Hollywood interest in adapting the book, as became apparent in 2009, when Lynton and Pascal pursued the idea of developing an "American" version unrelated to the Swedish film adaptation released that year. By December, two major developments occurred for the project: Steven Zaillian, who had recently completed the script for "Moneyball" (2011), became the screenwriter, while producer Scott Rudin finalized a partnership allocating full copyrights to Sony. Zaillian, who was unfamiliar with the novel, got a copy from Rudin. The screenwriter recalled, "They sent it to me and said, 'We want to do this.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Conception and writing
A screening for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" took place on November 28, 2011, as part of a critics-only event hosted by the New York Film Critics Circle. Commentators at the event predicted that while the film would become a contender for several accolades, it would likely not become a forerunner in the pursuit for Academy Award nominations. A promotional campaign commenced thereafter, including a Lisbeth Salander-inspired collection, designed by Trish Summerville for H&M. The worldwide premiere was at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on December 12, 2011, followed by the American opening at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 14 and Stockholm the next day.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Pre-release
The film grossed more than $10 million in North America in a limited release of 202 theatres. The total gross worldwide is $104,617,430.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Box office
, 1,478,230 units had been sold, grossing $22,195,069.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Home media
Credits for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" adapted from liner notes:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Personnel
By the weekend of January 6–8, 2012, the film grossed $12.2 million for a total of $29 million; this included its expansion into Hong Kong, where it topped the box office, earning $470,000 from thirty-six establishments. The film similarly led the field in South Africa. It accumulated $6.6 million from an estimated 600 theaters over a seven-day period in Russia, placing fifth. The expansion continued into the following week, opening in nine markets. The week of January 13–15 saw the film yield $16.1 million from 3,910 locations in over forty-three territories, thus propelling the international gross to $49.3 million. It debuted at second place in Austria and Germany, where in the latter, it pulled $2.9 million from 525 locations.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
A sequel, "How to Train Your Dragon 2", was confirmed on April 27, 2010. The film was written and directed by Dean DeBlois, the co-director of the first film. Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned, with Chris Sanders, who co-directed the first film, only exec-producing this time due to his involvement with "The Croods" and its sequel until was temporarily cancelled. The film was released on June 13, 2014. It was announced that the entire original voice cast – Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller and Wiig – would return for the sequel. New cast includes Kit Harington as Eret, Cate Blanchett as Valka, and Djimon Hounsou as Drago Bludvist.
How to Train Your Dragon | "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (2014)
A direct-to-video sequel to the film, "", was released in 2000, followed by three prequels: "" in 2015, "" in 2017, and "" in 2020.
Dragonheart | Sequel and prequels
At times tender but mostly pretty terrifying, this needs to be heard somewhere loud, and preferably with an exit in easy reach." Conversely professional film music critics like Christian Clemmensen, of Filmtracks, and Jonathan Broxton, of Movie Music UK, dismissed it entirely, the latter considering the score as: "little more than a series of ambient drones, overlaid with various industrial sound effects and staccato rhythms – de-tuned piano chords, plucked bass notes, and the like." He also stated: "When the score isn't jarringly distracting, it's virtually inaudible or indistinguishable from the film’s sound effects, begging the question of why the music is there in the first place."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Critical reception
Critical response to the score was generally favorable, with an average rating of 76% based on 11 professional reviews on Metacritic. Christian Cottingham of Drowned in Sound noticed that, "like the film the soundtrack favours atmosphere over cheap thrill, taking its time to mount a sense of rising dread, layers of drone building overtop machinery echo and worn piano faded between scattered melodies and sparse percussion. In isolation it’s an accompaniment to 3am melancholy or the onset of madness: in context it’s Fincher’s bleached out whites and blacks and murky greens turned to sound, bleaker than their previous work and more ambitious even than NIN’s "Ghosts"." Cottingham asserted that "Dragon Tattoo", "most(ly) recalls Reznor’s soundtrack for "Quake" in the late 1990s, where space and silence played a role as great as any multitrack in conveying tension and unsettling the mood.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Critical reception
The total international gross for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was $130.1 million. MGM, one of the studios involved in the production, posted a "modest loss" and declared that they had expected the film to gross at least 10% more.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
We will think of it as one thing for now. It's possible that it can be two and three, but let's concentrate on this one.'" After reading the book, the screenwriter did no research on the subject. Fincher, who was requested with partner Cean Chaffin by Sony executives to read the novel, was astounded by the series' size and success. As they began to read, the duo noticed that it had a tendency to take "readers on a lot of side trips"—"from detailed explanations of surveillance techniques to angry attacks on corrupt Swedish industrialists," professed "The Hollywood Reporter" Gregg Kilday.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Conception and writing
A sequel, "How to Train Your Dragon 2", was confirmed on April 27, 2010. The film was directed and written by Dean DeBlois, the co-director of the first film. Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned. The film was released on June 13, 2014, by 20th Century Fox, to generally positive reviews. The entire original voice cast—Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller, and Wiig—returned for the sequel with the addition of Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou, and Kit Harington. A third film, "", was released on February 22, 2019 by Universal Pictures (who bought DWA in 2016).
How to Train Your Dragon (film) | Sequels
After discussing with Fincher the varying soundscapes and emotions, the duo spent six weeks composing. "We composed music we felt might belong," stated the Nine Inch Nails lead vocalist, "and then we'd run it by Fincher, to see where his head’s at and he responded positively. He was filming at this time last year and assembling rough edits of scenes to see what it feels like, and he was inserting our music at that point, rather than using temp music, which is how it usually takes place, apparently." Finding a structure for the soundtrack was arguably the most strenuous task.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Soundtrack
David Denby of "The New Yorker" asserted that the austere, but captivating installment presented a "glancing, chilled view" of a world where succinct moments of loyalty coexisted with constant trials of betrayal. To "USA Today" columnist Claudia Puig, Fincher captures the "menace and grim despair in the frosty Scandinavian landscape" by carefully approaching its most gruesome features. Puig noted a surfeit of "stylistic flourishes" and "intriguing" changes in the narrative, compared to the original film. In his three-and-a-half star review, Chris Knight of the "National Post" argued that it epitomized a so-called "paradoxical position" that was both "immensely enjoyable and completely unnecessary".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
The film was also directed and written by DeBlois, produced by Bonnie Arnold, and executive produced by Chris Sanders. Cate Blanchett and Kit Harington reprise their roles as Valka and Eret respectively from the second film, along with the original main cast, with the exception of Miller.
How to Train Your Dragon (film) | Sequels
She then uses a tattoo machine to brand Bjurman's abdomen with the message "I am a sadist pig and a rapist".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Plot
On the day of the six-track sampler's launch, Reznor posted about the release on the Nine Inch Nails website:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Release
In a Hong Kong interview with the production crew, it was quoted that the cast and crew intends to create a sequel to expand the story on screen by summer of 2007. However, with the original cast committed to a long list of other projects, there has yet to be signs of any level of production or completion by the announced date. As of now, there has been no further mention of a sequel.
Dragon Tiger Gate | Sequel
Principal photography concluded in Oslo, Norway, where production took place at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Recorded for over fifteen hours, twelve extras were sought for background roles. Filming also took place in the United Kingdom and the United States. In one sequence the character Martin Vanger plays the song "Orinoco Flow" by Enya before beginning his torture of Mikael Blomkvist. David Fincher, the director, said that he believed that Martin "doesn’t like to kill, he doesn’t like to hear the screams, without hearing his favorite music" so therefore the character should play a song during the scene. Daniel Craig, the actor who played Blomkvist, selected "Orinoco Flow" on his iPod as a candidate song.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Filming
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was well received by critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a normalized score of 85% based on 188 reviews, with an average score of 7.27/10 and declares it "Certified Fresh". The critical consensus is: "Its graphic violence and sprawling length will prove too much for some viewers to take, but Noomi Rapace's gripping performance makes "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" an unforgettable viewing experience." Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 76% based on reviews from 36 critics. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film four out of four stars, noting that "[the film] is a compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Critical response
The number of theaters slightly increased to 2,950. By the fifth week, the number of theaters shrank to 1,907, and grosses to $3.7 million, though it remained within the national top ten. The film completed its North American theatrical run on March 22, 2012, earning over $102.5 million. The international debut was in six Scandinavian markets on December 19–25, 2011, securing $1.6 million from 480 venues. In Sweden the film opened in 194 theaters to strong results, accounting for more than half of international revenue at the time ($950,000). The first full week in the United Kingdom collected $6.7 million from 920 theaters.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
The ensemble was conducted by the composer's usual collaborator Gavin Greenaway. Sigur Rós lead vocalist, Jónsi, who wrote and performed the song "Sticks & Stones" , provided two new original songs for the sequel in collaboration with Powell. Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak, who voices Hiccup in Norwegian, also wrote and performed the song "Into a Fantasy". The latter song is featured only in the European versions of the film.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Soundtrack
In addition to numerous awards, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was included on several year-end lists by film commentators and publications. It was named the best film of 2011 by MTV and James Berardinelli of "ReelViews". The former wrote, "The director follows up the excellent "Social Network" with another tour de force, injecting the murder mystery that introduces us to outcast hacker Lisbeth Salander [...] and embattled journalist [...] with style, intensity and relentless suspense. Mara is a revelation, and the film's daunting 160-minute runtime breezes by thanks to one heart-racing scene after the next. Dark and tough to watch at times, but a triumph all around." The film came second in "indieWire" list of "Drew Taylor's Favorite Films Of 2011", while reaching the top ten of seven other publications, including the "St.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Accolades
Lisbeth calls him again the next day, but when she goes to meet with Bjurman, he handcuffs her to his bed, and beats and rapes her. Lisbeth secretly records the encounter with a hidden device. She later returns to Bjurman, uses a taser to incapacitate him, ties him up, rapes him with a dildo, shows him the hidden camera footage, explains what she really does for a living, and tells him that she is taking back control of her money and her life. If anything happens to her, then the film will be released, and any threat to her will result in the same outcome.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Plot
Miller as Tuffnut), while composer John Powell, who scored the first two films, will also be returning. Cate Blanchett and Kit Harington will also reprise their roles as Valka and Eret, respectively, from the second film. F. Murray Abraham had joined the cast as the film's main villain, named Grimmel.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Sequel
The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart on 7 January 2012 at position 199.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Introduction
It took the company a few months to obtain the rights to the novel, while also recruiting Zaillian and Fincher. The casting process for the lead roles was exhaustive and intense; Craig faced scheduling conflicts, and a number of actresses were sought for the role of Lisbeth Salander. The script took over six months to write, which included three months of analyzing the novel. The film premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in London on December 12, 2011. A critical and commercial success, the film grossed $232.6 million on a $90 million budget and received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised Craig and Mara's performances as well as the film's somber tone.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Introduction
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was opened for pre-orders online on December 2, 2011, on Reznor's independent label website Null Corporation in a number of different formats at various price points. The digital copy was released on December 9, whilst retail copies of the album were distributed by Mute Records on December 27 in CD format followed by the "Deluxe" edition on February 6. The smallest "Dragon Tattoo" package contains the entire album in 320 kbit/s MP3 format made available for download directly from the website for US$12. A lossless digital version includes a choice of Apple Lossless or FLAC for US$14.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Release
It felt like an embellishment and that's the goal." The entire original voice cast—Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller, and Wiig—returned for the sequel. On June 19, 2012, it was announced that Kit Harington, of "Game of Thrones" fame, was cast as one of the film's antagonists. At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International, it was announced that Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou had joined the cast; they lent their voices to Valka and Drago Bludvist, respectively. While the first film was set in a generic North Sea environment, the creative team decided to focus on Norway this time around.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Development
In the next sequel, after a mysterious black cloud destroys Fantaghirò's castle, she allies herself with Prince Parsel to track the cloud to its origins and stop whoever is casting it. The film featured very few returning characters from the previous films, and most notable is that Kim Rossi Stuart, the hero of the previous films, did not return at all.
Fantaghirò 3 | Sequel
Composer John Powell, who earned his first Academy Award nomination for , returned to score the sequel. Powell described the project "a maturation story" and stated that he too tried to achieve the same maturation in the structure of his music by developing further every aspect of his compositions from the original film. Recording took place during April 2014 at Abbey Road Studios in London with a 120-piece orchestra, a 100-voice choir, and a wide array of ethnic instruments, including celtic harp, uilleann bagpipes, tin whistle, bodhrán, and Highland bagpipes; the latter of which were performed by pipers from the Scottish group The Red Hot Chilli Pipers.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Soundtrack
Following a hidden clue on "...Comes Forth in theThaw", the website http://www.whatishiddeninsnow.com was found, which led to a series of treasure trails around the world, finding pieces from the film as part of an Alternate Reality Game promotion.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | "What Is Hidden in Snow..."
French premium pay television channel Canal+ aired extended versions of the three films as a miniseries between March and June 2010, before the theatrical release of the second and third films, consisting of six parts of 90 minutes each. The first part attracted 1.2 million viewers, the largest audience of a foreign series at Canal+ that year. The series aired on US pay-for-view cable networks in the weeks leading up to the release of David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation of the novel. A home video set of all six parts of the miniseries was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Music Box Home Entertainment on 6 December 2011.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | TV miniseries
The soundtrack was released on 28 September 2010 and was highly praised. On 16 January 2011, they won the award for Best Original Score at the 68th Golden Globe Awards for their score to "The Social Network". On 27 February, they received the Academy Award for Best Original Score for "The Social Network". Ross and Reznor again collaborated on the soundtrack to Fincher's 2011 film "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". In 2013, the pair won a Grammy Award for Best score soundtrack for visual media for their "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" soundtrack. Ross was slated to work on the 2013 samurai epic "47 Ronin", directed by Carl Rinsch, but was soon replaced by Javier Navarrete.
Atticus Ross | Film and television
The album's art was created by Nine Inch Nails and How to Destroy Angels' creative director Rob Sheridan and Neil Kellerhouse.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Packaging
Despite the ban of the film and the use of its intellectual property, BlueArc announced that a sequel is in the works. The sequel film titled () is released on January 18, 2019. This also attracted controversy and lawsuits from Tsubaraya Productions as the company ignored the ruling of the recent court case. Peerasit Saengduenchai, Sompote's son is facing court charges during the controversy.
Dragon Force: So Long, Ultraman | Sequels
After the success of the first film, the sequel was announced on April 27, 2010. ""How to Train Your Dragon" … has become DreamWorks Animation's next franchise. We plan to release the sequel theatrically in 2013," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation's CEO. It was later revealed that DeBlois had started drafting the outline for a sequel in February 2010 at Skywalker Ranch, during the final sound mix of the first film. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 20, 2014, but in August 2013 the release date was moved forward one week to June 13, 2014. The film was written, directed, and executive produced by Dean DeBlois, the co-writer/co-director of the first film.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Development
Hideaki Itsuno had expressed interest to make a direct sequel in the future.
Dragon's Dogma | Sequel
Specifically the track "An Itch."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Promotion
In 2011, Reznor and Ross won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Academy Award for Best Original Score for their work on "The Social Network". For their work on "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo", Reznor and Ross were nominated for the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. Neither man was present to accept the award; Reznor, who has a contentious history with the Grammys, simply tweeted, "Why thanks, y'all." Ross and Reznor's "Gone Girl" score was nominated for Best Original Score in a Feature Film at the 5th Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)—the award was eventually won by Antonio Sanchez for "Birdman" on November 4, 2014.
Trent Reznor | Awards
Tim Miller, creative director for the title sequence, wanted to develop an abstract narrative that reflected the pivotal moments in the novel, as well as the character development of Lisbeth Salander. It was arduous for Miller to conceptualize the sequence abstractly, given that Salander's occupation was a distinctive part of her personality. His initial ideas were modeled after a keyboard. "We were going to treat the keyboard like this giant city with massive fingers pressing down on the keys," Miller explained, "Then we transitioned to the liquid going through the giant obelisks of the keys." Among Miller's many vignettes was "The Hacker Inside", which revealed the character's inner disposition and melted them away.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Title sequence
A sequel to the film, "", was released directly to video in 1999, although filmed in 1996. The film bears little relation to the first film and has received mainly negative reviews from critics.
Dragonworld | Sequel
The success of Stieg Larsson's novel created Hollywood interest in adapting the book, as became apparent in 2009, when Lynton and Pascal pursued the idea of developing an "American" version unrelated to the Swedish film adaptation released that year. By December, two major developments occurred for the project: Steven Zaillian became the screenwriter, while producer Scott Rudin finalized a partnership allocating full copyrights to Sony. Zaillian, who was unfamiliar with the novel, got a copy from Rudin. The screenwriter recalled, "They sent it to me and said, 'We want to do this. We will think of it as one thing for now.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
In 2011, Fincher followed the success of "The Social Network" with "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", a psychological thriller based on the novel by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson"." Screenwriter Steven Zaillian spent three months analyzing the novel, writing notes and deleting elements to achieve a suitable running time. Featuring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, it follows Blomkvist's investigation to solve what happened to a woman from a wealthy family who disappeared four decades ago. To maintain the novel's setting, the film was primarily shot in Sweden. The soundtrack, composed by collaborators Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, was described by A.
David Fincher | 2011–present
The futuristic qualities in the original designs provided for a much more cyberpunk appearance than the final product. In creating the "cyber" look for Salander, Miller said, "Every time I would show David a design he would say, 'More Tandy!' It's the shitty little computers from Radio Shack, the Tandy computers. They probably had vacuum tubes in them, really old technology. And David would go 'More Tandy', until we ended up with something that looked like we glued a bunch of computer parts found at a junkyard together." Fincher wanted the vignette to be a "personal nightmare" for Salander, replaying her darkest moments.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Title sequence
Louis Post-Dispatch", "San Francisco Chronicle", and the "New Orleans Times-Picayune". "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was declared one of the best films of the year by the American Film Institute, as well as the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Accolades
Mara's performance, in particular, was admired by commentators. A revelation in the eyes of "Entertainment Weekly" Owen Gleiberman, he proclaimed that her character was more important than "her ability to solve a crime". Her "hypnotic" portrayal was noted by Justin Chang of "Variety", as well as "Salon" critic Andrew O'Hehir, who wrote, "Rooney Mara is a revelation as Lisbeth Salander, the damaged, aggressive computer geek and feminist revenge angel, playing the character as far more feral and vulnerable than Noomi Rapace’s borderline-stereotype sexpot Goth girl." Scott Tobias of "The A.V. Club" enjoyed the chemistry between Mara and Craig, as did David Germain of the Associated Press; "Mara and Craig make an indomitable screen pair, he nominally leading their intense search into decades-old serial killings, she surging ahead, plowing through obstacles with flashes of phenomenal intellect and eruptions of physical fury." Although Puig found Mara inferior to Rapace in playing Salander, with regard to Craig's performance, he said that the actor shone.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
Upon the December 2011 release of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the American adaptation of the Stieg Larsson novel, Fincher revealed the plan was to make the sequels "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest", "back to back." The script for "Who Played with Fire" was revised by Steven Zaillian and Andrew Kevin Walker at various stages. Upon the release of "The Girl in the Spider's Web" by David Lagercrantz, Sony Pictures elected to reboot the series instead with an adaptation of the new novel. It was released in 2018, directed by Fede Álvarez and starring Claire Foy.
David Fincher's unrealized projects | "The Girl Who Played with Fire"
Fincher's film grossed $232.6 million during its theatrical run. The film's American release grossed $1.6 million from its Tuesday night screenings, a figure that increased to $3.5 million by the end of its first day of general release. It maintained momentum into its opening weekend, accumulating $13 million for a total of $21 million in domestic revenue. The film's debut figures fell below media expectations. Aided by positive word of mouth, its commercial performance remained steady into the second week, posting $19 million from 2,914 theaters. The third week saw box office drop 24% to $11.3 million, totaling $76.8 million.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Box office
"The Wall Street Journal" Joe Morgenstern praised Cronenweth's cinematography, which he thought provided for glossy alterations in the film's darkness; "Stockholm glitters in nighttime exteriors, and its subway shines in a spectacular spasm of action involving a backpack." Rex Reed of "The New York Observer" professed that despite its occasional incomprehensibility, the movie was "technically superb" and "superbly acted". In contrast, Kyle Smith of "New York Post" censured the film, calling it "rubbish" and further commenting that it "demonstrates merely that masses will thrill to an unaffecting, badly written, psychologically shallow and deeply unlikely pulp story so long as you allow them to feel sanctified by the occasional meaningless reference to feminism or Nazis." The performances were a frequent topic in the critiques.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Critical response
A direct-to-video sequel called "", directed by Patrik Syversen, was released on June 13, 2017. The budget of "DragonHeart 4" is reportedly doubled that of "The Sorcerer's Curse" following its surprise success. Matthew Feitshans stated that Universal wants to keep momentum with the film series, mentioning the possibility of a "Dragonheart 5", and stating that he hopes the series will one day lead into a remake of the first film.
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | Sequel
Sony's target demographics were men and women over the age of 25 and 17–34. The film went into general release in North America on December 21, at 2,700 theaters, expanding to 2,974 theaters on its second day. The United Kingdom release was on December 26, Russia on January 1, 2012, and Japan on February 13. India and Vietnam releases were abandoned due to censorship concerns. A press statement from the Central Board of Film Certification stated: "Sony Pictures will not be releasing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in India. The censor board has judged the film unsuitable for public viewing in its unaltered form and, while we are committed to maintaining and protecting the vision of the director, we will, as always, respect the guidelines set by the board." In contrast, the National Film Board of Vietnam insisted that the film's withdrawal had no relation to rigid censorship guidelines, as it had not been reviewed by the committee.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Pre-release
A sequel to the film, called "The Birthday Dragon", was broadcast on television in 1992 before been released on VHS in 1993 by Family Home Entertainment. Tracey Moore and Barry Morse were the only ones who reprised their roles for the film.
The Railway Dragon | Sequel
Unaware she is secretly recording one of their meetings, Bjurman brutally rapes her. At their next meeting, Salander tasers Bjurman, binds him to his bed, anally rapes him with a metallic dildo, and tattoos "I'm a rapist pig" across his torso. Using the secret recording she made, she blackmails him into securing her independence and having no further contact with her. Blomkvist explores the island and interviews various Vanger family members, learning some were Nazi sympathizers during World War II. He uncovers a list of names and numbers that his visiting daughter, Pernilla, notices are Bible verse references. Blomkvist discovers that Salander had researched him illegally, but rather than report it, he recruits her as his research assistant.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Plot
A disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece who has been missing for forty years. He is aided by the young computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything anyone could have anticipated.
Dragon Tattoo Stories (film series) | "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011)
In June 2010, production of a second film was announced. Dan Berendsen was to return as script writer for the film. Since that announcement, no other updates were made about the sequel. On April 25, 2011, Selena Gomez confirmed in an interview that the proposed sequel would not be filmed. However, on July 28, 2011, Maria Canals Barrera stated in an interview that the project was "not 100% dead anymore" and that she was "hopeful" that a second film would be produced. Later, it was confirmed that the "Wizards" would return in a special event entitled "" in early 2013.
Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie | Proposed sequel
A direct-to-television sequel to the film, "", was released in 2016. It was directed by Yuen Woo-ping, who was the action choreographer for the first film. It is a co-production between Pegasus Media, China Film Group Corporation, and the Weinstein Company. Unlike the original film, the sequel was filmed in English for international release and dubbed to Mandarin for Chinese releases. "Sword of Destiny" is based on the book "Iron Knight, Silver Vase", the next (and last) novel in the Crane-Iron Pentalogy. It features a mostly new cast, headed by Donnie Yen. Michelle Yeoh reprised her role from the original.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Sequel
A standard physical version is available for US$14 and includes three audio CDs stored in an eight panel digipak with custom "ice" slipcase and a six panel insert, alongside a digital version delivered in 320 kbit/s MP3. A $300 "Deluxe Edition" includes a 6-LP 180 gram vinyl set in a deluxe book package with metal cover in a hard plastic "ice" slip cover, an exclusive custom 8GB metal razor blade USB pendant (inspired by Lisbeth Salander's razor blade necklace) containing the full album in high-fidelity 96k audio, a fold-out poster designed by Neil Kellerhouse, and a HD digital copy in either Apple Lossless, FLAC, or 320 kbit/s MP3 formats.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack) | Release
For Reznor himself, "Ghosts" turned out to be a turning point that foreshadowed the following stream of soundtrack albums (as of March 2020, eleven) recorded and labeled together with Ross, including three consecutive collaborations with director David Fincher: "The Social Network" (2010), "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011), and "Gone Girl" (2014).
Ghosts I–IV | Introduction
The third and final film, "", was originally scheduled for release on June 17, 2016, but in September 2014, DreamWorks Animation moved the release date to June 9, 2017. In January 2015, in the wake of the closure of Pacific Data Images and massive lay-offs, the release date was pushed back to June 29, 2018, then brought forward to May 18, 2018. On December 5, 2016, the release date was pushed back again to March 1, 2019, then on September 27, 2018, moved forward to February 22, 2019. Dean DeBlois, the co-screenwriter/co-director of the first and writer-director of the second film, will return, along with producer Bonnie Arnold and all of the main cast (except for T.J.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Sequel
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 We Need to Talk About Kevin "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo": opening credits
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2011 | Best Visual Effects
Daniel Alfredson takes over from Niels Arden Oplev, who directed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the first part of the trilogy.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Production
A sequel to the movie "The Angrez 2" was released in the year 2015.
The Angrez | Sequel
On January 21, 2014, Trent Reznor announced that he and Atticus Ross would provide the score, marking their third collaboration with Fincher, following "The Social Network" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Fincher was inspired by music he heard while at an appointment with a chiropractor and tasked Reznor with creating the musical equivalent of an insincere façade. Reznor explained Fincher's request in an interview: The overall score is a combination of soothing sounds with staccato electronic noises, resulting in an unnerving, anxiety-provoking quality. NPR writer Andy Beta concludes: "Reznor and Ross relish being at their most beauteous, knowing that it'll make the brutal moments of "Gone Girl" all the more harrowing." Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs sang a cover version of the song "She", which was used in the film's teaser trailer.
Gone Girl (film) | Music
In November 2015, Columbia Pictures announced a film adaptation written by Steven Knight was in development. In November 2016, "Variety" reported that Fede Álvarez would direct the film, a sequel to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Unlike the previous books and film versions, "The Girl in the Spider's Web" is the first in the best-selling series to be produced into an English-language film in its initial adaptation. Knight wrote the screenplay with Alvarez and Jay Basu. In March 2017, it was confirmed that the film would have an entirely new cast and was scheduled to be released on 5 October 2018.
The Girl in the Spider's Web | Film adaptation
"It ties everything together other than the black on black." The title sequence includes abundant references to the novel, and exposes several political themes. Salander's tattoos, such as her phoenix and dragon tattoos, were incorporated. The multiple flower representations signified the biological life cycle, as well as Henrik, who received a pressed flower each year on his birthday. "One had flowers coming out of this black ooze," said Fincher, "it blossoms, and then it dies. And then a different flower, as that one is dying is rising from the middle of it. It was supposed to represent this cycle of the killer sending flowers." Ultimately, the vignette becomes very conceptual because Miller and his team took "a whole thought, and cut it up into multiple different shots that are mixed in with other shots".
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Title sequence
According to an interview with Arturo Muselli, a sixth "Dragonheart" film has already entered pre-production.
Dragonheart: Vengeance | Sequel
She uncovers a connection between the list and numerous young women brutally murdered from 1947 to 1967, indicating a serial killer; she also notes that many of the victims have Jewish names, theorizing that the murders could have been motivated by antisemitism. One morning, Blomkvist finds the mutilated corpse of his adopted cat on the doorstep. Another night, while walking outdoors, a bullet grazes his forehead; after Salander tends his wounds, they have sex. Blomkvist begins to suspect Martin, Harriet's brother and operational head of the Vanger empire. Salander also uncovers evidence that Harriet's late father, Gottfried, and later Martin, committed the murders.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) | Plot
Bjurman also takes over control of Lisbeth's bank account and refuses to let her access her own money. Lisbeth lies to Bjurman about the nature of her work by pretending that she is just an office assistant. Lisbeth is attacked by a group of drunk thugs in the subway. Although she manages to fight them off, her laptop is broken. She visits a hacker friend of hers, "Plague", who can save the hard drive and let her use his spare PC, but only until she can get a replacement laptop. She goes to see Bjurman, who forces her to perform fellatio on him in return for the money that she needs to buy a new computer; he refuses to give her the full amount she needs.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) | Plot
The sequel was also praised by the Japanese media and fans of the original novel. The second novel of the trilogy was translated by Hirano and the English edition was released by Viz Media LLC as "Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince" on May 17, 2011. The author would later continue the story with another sequel called "Usubeni Tennyo" (薄紅天女 ""Pink Nymph""); this book was also a favorite among fans of the original novel and like the first two novels is still in print to this day in Japan. The last sequel of the trilogy is currently unavailable in English.
The Jade Trilogy | Overview
In 2010, Reznor also collaborated with Atticus Ross on the original score for David Fincher's 2010 film, "The Social Network". The duo won a 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture and a 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Score. Reznor and Ross again collaborated with Fincher for the official score the American adaptation of the novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", released in December 2011, before going on to score their third Fincher collaboration with "Gone Girl" (2014).
Twenty Thirteen Tour | Background
He has contributed to the albums of artists such as Marilyn Manson, whom he mentored, and rapper Saul Williams. Alongside his wife Mariqueen Maandig and long-time Nine Inch Nails collaborators Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan, he formed the post-industrial group How to Destroy Angels in 2009. Reznor and Ross scored the David Fincher films "The Social Network" (2010), "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011), and "Gone Girl" (2014). They won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for "The Social Network" and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
Trent Reznor | Introduction
She also has a song titled "Strange Love" on the album "Frankenweenie Unleashed!" O collaborated with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for the soundtrack to the 2011 film "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", for which Reznor and Ross composed the score. In December 2011, it was announced that the song would open the soundtrack album, be released as the opening single, and be available free to all who pre-ordered before the official release date of December 9.
Karen O | Soundtrack work
"Dragon" began as a remake of "One-Armed Swordsman", but, according to Twitch Film, these plans were "quickly abandoned".
Dragon (2011 film) | Production
The Girl Who Played with Fire () is a 2009 crime thriller film directed by Daniel Alfredson and the sequel to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the second entry in his "Millennium" series. The film follows Lisbeth Salander as she returns to Sweden after spending a year abroad. She falls under suspicion of having murdered a journalist and his girlfriend, as well as her own social services guardian, Nils Bjurman. Mikael Blomkvist has to do what he can to find her before the authorities do.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) | Introduction
I think the world would love to see these characters again." In an August 2020 interview on the podcast "Unspooled", director Mark Waters discussed an idea for a sequel where the main characters from the original movie would now be young mothers serving together in a parent–teacher association, adding that its development is entirely up to Fey wanting to write a screenplay. A possible sequel was also questioned by Katie Couric while moderating a virtual reunion with the film's cast on October 3, 2020. Bennett then said in an interview he thought the virtual reunion "opened the door" for a sequel.
Mean Girls | Potential direct-sequel
A sequel was filmed in 2012, funded by a Kickstarter campaign. A Tumblr page has been created documenting the progress of the film. No release date has been announced.
Girls Will Be Girls (film) | Sequel
On January 27, 2010, a sequel was announced by Kerberos, titled "". It was released October 28, 2011. The sequel was panned by critics.
Sword of the Stars | Sequel