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jpg The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl Who Played with Fire The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Author Stieg Larsson Language Swedish Genre Crime / Mystery novel Publisher Norstedts Frlag (Swedish) Published 2005 2007 Media type Print (paperback, hardback) The Millennium series consists of three bestselling novels, originally written i n Swedish, by the late Stieg Larsson (1954 2004). The two primary characters in th e saga are Lisbeth Salander, a woman in her twenties with a photographic memory and poor social skills, and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist and pu blisher of a magazine called Millennium. Blomkvist, the character, has a history similar to Larsson, the author. Larsson planned the series as having ten instal lments, but due to his sudden death, only three were completed and published.[1] They are: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Mn som hatar kvinnor, literally, men who hat e women) (2005) The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden, literally, the g irl who played with fire) (2006) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Luftslott som sprngdes, literally, air castle that was blown up) (2007) Contents 1 2 3 4 Origins and publication Unfinished material Fourth novel Adaptations 4.1 Swedish films 4.2 American films 4.3 Graphic novels 5 See also 6 References Origins and publication Larsson, when he was 15 years old, witnessed the gang rape of a girl, which led to his lifelong abhorrence of violence and abuse against women. The author never forgave himself for failing to help the girl, which inspired the themes of sexu al violence against women in his books.[2][3] In writing the series, Larsson was also influenced by two murders: Melissa Norde ll, a model killed by her boyfriend, and Fadime Sahindal, a Swedish-Kurdish woma n killed by her father.[4] Both women were killed at the hands of men or as vict ims of honor crime. To Larsson, there was no difference, and the "systematic vio lence" against women highly affected and inspired him to take action against the se crimes through his writing. Eva Gabrielsson, Larsson's longtime partner, wrot e that "the trilogy allowed Stieg to denounce everyone he loathed for their cowa rdice, their irresponsibility, and their opportunism: couch-potato activists, su nny-day warriors, fair-weather skippers who pick and choose their causes; false friends who used him to advance their own careers; unscrupulous company heads an d shareholders who wrangle themselves huge bonuses.... Seen in this light, Stieg

couldn't have had any better therapy for what ailed his soul than writing his n ovels." [5] Larsson submitted the manuscripts for all three volumes in the series to two Swe dish publishers, with Norstedts Frlag accepting the manuscripts for publication. Norstedts commissioned Steve Murray, under the pen-name of Reg Keeland, to under take the English translation.[6] Larsson tried to get British publishers to acce pt his book, but was turned down until Christopher Maclehose bought the global E nglish-language rights of the book for Quercus, a small London publisher.[7][8] Alfred A. Knopf bought the U.S. rights to the books after Larsson's death in 200 4.[9] By May 2010, 27 million copies had been sold worldwide,[10] a number that would grow to more than 46 million over the next five months,[11] and reach 65 million in December 2011.[12] In July 2010 the series made Larsson the first author to sell a million electronic copies of his work on the Amazon Kindle. Sales reached 73 million copies worldwide by the end of 2012, and the books continue to sell well today.[13][14] Unfinished material Larsson wrote about three-quarters of a fourth novel before his sudden death in November 2004. His partner, Eva Gabrielsson, is in possession of the notebook co mputer with the manuscript, but does not own the rights to Larsson's work. In an attempt to protect Gabrielsson from the people he was investigating in real lif e (Swedish Neo-Nazis and racists), Larsson never married. He wrote a will but it was not witnessed, making it invalid according to Swedish law. Thus, it is his family who have succession.[15] Outlines or manuscripts for one or two more book s may exist.[10][16] Fourth novel In December 2013, the Swedish publishing company Norstedts announced that the fo urth Millennium book would be written by David Lagercrantz, a Swedish author kno wn as Zlatan Ibrahimovic's biographer, to be published in August 2015.[17][18] L arsson's partner Eva Gabrielsson has voiced criticism against this project, whic h will not use the unpublished material which is still in her possession.[19] Th e English language translation will be published by Quercus Publishing.[20] Adaptations Question book-new.svg This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improv e this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may b e challenged and removed. (February 2011) Swedish films The Swedish film production company Yellow Bird has produced film versions of th e Millennium Trilogy, co-produced with The Danish film production company Nordis k Film and television company,[21] which were released in Scandinavia in 2009. I n 2010, the extending all three films to approximately 180 minutes led to their being shown on Swedish television as a six-part series. Each film was divided in to two parts of 90 minutes. This version was released on July 14, 2010 on DVD an d Blu-ray Disc in three separate sets and on November 24, 2010 as a Complete Mil lennium Trilogy box set with an extra disc. Originally, only the first film was meant for a theatrical release, with the fol lowing ones conceived as TV films, but this was changed in the wake of the treme ndous success of the first film. The first film was directed by Niels Arden Ople v and the next two by Daniel Alfredson, while the screenplays of the first two w ere adapted by Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg, and the last one by Ulf Ryd berg and Jonas Frykberg. All three films feature Michael Nyqvist as Mikael Blomk vist and Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, released on February 25, 2009. The Girl Who Played with Fire, released on September 18, 2009. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, released on November 27, 2009. American films Yellow Bird and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer partnered with Columbia Pictures to produce an English-language adaptation of the first novel. The film is written by Steven Zaillian, directed by David Fincher and produced by Scott Rudin, with Daniel Cr aig as Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander. Along with Dragon T attoo, Fincher and Zaillian have signed a two-picture deal to adapt The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, which may be shot back to back. In January 2012, it was announced that Sony was "moving forward" w ith the adaptations of The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.[22][23] Zaillian wrote the original screenplays, but Sony brough t in Andrew Kevin Walker to revise them. The studio hopes to have the same peopl e involved in the sequels as in the first film, with Fincher directing and Danie l Craig and Rooney Mara starring, but scheduling has been difficult.[24] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Released in North America on December 21, 2 011, and in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2011. Graphic novels In October 2011, DC Comics announced that its Vertigo imprint had acquired the r ights to the series, and would be adapted each novel into two graphic novels.[25 ] The graphic novels are adapted by Scottish crime novelist Denise Mina, with ar t by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Book 1, released on November 13, 2012. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Book 2, released on May 7, 2013. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Book 1, to be released on October 30, 2013. See also Flag of Sweden.svgSweden portal Book collection.jpgNovels portal References Jump up ^ http://www.stieglarsson.com/the-4th-book Jump up ^ James, Susan (August 5, 2010). "Stieg Larsson Silent as Real-Life Lisbeth Raped". ABS News. Retrieved 2011-06-06. Jump up ^ Penny, Laurie (2010-09-05). "Girls, tattoos and men who hate women ". New Statesman. Retrieved 2010-10-19. Jump up ^ Baski, Kurdo. "How a brutal rape and a lifelong burden of guilt fu elled Girl with the Dragon Tattoo writer Stieg Larsson". Daily Mail (London). Jump up ^ Gabrielsson, Eva, Marie-Franoise Colombani, and Linda Coverdale. "T here Are Things I Want You to Know" about Stieg Larsson and Me. New York: Seven Stories, 2011. Jump up ^ Acocella, Joan. "Man of Mystery". New Yorker (1/10/2011), Vol. 86, Issue 43. Jump up ^ Clark, Nick (2010) "The publishing house that Stieg Larsson built" . The Independent, 6 August 2010, accessed 10 March 2010 Jump up ^ Profile: Stieg Larsson: Even his early death became a big thriller . The Sunday Times, 27 September 2009, accessed 10 March 2010 Jump up ^ "American Readers, Waiting Impatiently For 'The Girl'", NPR (April 5, 2010). Retrieved February 5, 2011. ^ Jump up to: a b McGrath, Charles (23 May 2010). "The Afterlife of Stieg La rsson". The New York Times Magazine.

Jump up ^ "The Continuing Mysteries of Stieg Larsson". CBS News. October 10, 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-12. Jump up ^ Hassan, Genevieve (December 25, 2011). "Hollywood takes on Girl wi th the Dragon Tattoo". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-01-12. Jump up ^ The Local, 'Millennium' books keep making millions, 9 Nov 2012. Jump up ^ Hachman, Mark (July 28, 2010). "Stieg Larsson Sells a Million Book s on Amazon's Kindle". PC Magazine. Retrieved 2012-01-12. Jump up ^ Gabrielsson, Eva. "Biography Eva Gabrielsson". Newest happenings i n E.G.'s life. Steiglarsson.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011. Jump up ^ "The Fourth Book". Retrieved 2010-04-07. Jump up ^ "Fjrde boken i Millenniumserien ges ut". Aftonbladet. 17 December 2 013. Retrieved 17 December 2013. Jump up ^ "Sequel announced to Stieg Larsson's Girl With the Dragon Tattoo t rilogy". The Guardian. 17 december 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013. Jump up ^ "Lagercrantz skriver Millennium -bok". Svenska Dagbladet. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013. Jump up ^ "Quercus Publishing to publish fourth book in Stieg Larsson's Mill ennium series". Quercus Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 December 2013. Jump up ^ "Yellow Bird Puts SEK 106m Millennium Project In Production". nord iskfilmogtvfond. 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2009-09-22. Jump up ^ "'Dragon Tattoo' sequel still on track, Sony says". EW.com. Januar y 3, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012. Jump up ^ " Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Sequel is Still Moving Forward". Screen Rant.com. January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012. Jump up ^ Phil de Semlyen, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Sequel Gets A Wri ter, Empire Online, 18 July 2013. Jump up ^ "DC plans "Millennium Trilogy" graphic novel series". AfterEllen. October 12, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2013. [hide] v t e The Millennium series by Stieg Larsson Novels The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl Who Played with Fire The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Films Swedish films The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009) American films The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Soundtracks 2011 film soundtrack Characters

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