Given the talent and history behind this film I'm finding information on Niels Arden Oplev's Man Som Hatar Kvinnor remarkably difficult to come by. Based on who's involved I'm assuming that this is dominantly a Danish production - Oplev's previous picture To Verdener is this year's Oscar submission from Denmark - but no information currently appears on the Danish Film Institute website and the first trailers to arrive on the scene, strangely, have actually come from Norway. But here's what we know. The film is an adaptation of a popular novel by Steig Larsson with a story revolving around a police detective and a young female hacker. The script is by Nickolaj Arcel, himself a sought after director currently remaking his own hit fantasy adventure The Island of Lost Souls in English and boasting writing credits on Twitch faves such as Journey To Saturn and Fighter. With credentials like that you'd expect this to be something good and it's certainly looking that way from the two released teasers, both of which you'll find in the Twitch Player below the break.
That's a weird english translation of The Man Who Hates Women.
Weird. I actually checked the SFI site as well - and the sales agent - but neither of them had it listed, either. And I'm surprised a high profile Swedish film would use a Danish writer and director. Must be some people upset about that. Off to find the book!
Like the intro for the second teaser states it's best-selling book in the nordic (scandinavia) ever so guess they're just trying to tap into the marketability.
The info on SFI is always very limited but for "men who hate women" it says that the production is "Sweden, Germany and Denmark). Recorded in one of the older suburbs/garden cities of Stockholm :)
Reading on from http://www.zodiakinternational.com/pres/default.asp?iPressID=53
"Yellow Bird is producing six TV films based on the entire Millennium trilogy, as well as a feature film based on the first book “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. BIM has acquired the cinematic, TV and DVD rights to distribute both the TV films and the feature film in Italy and Italian speaking territories, with the cinematic release expected next year."
The book was indeed a great read (and I'm a little annoyed at the huge delay in releasing the second volume in English) but I'm not quite sure just how cinematic it's going to be on screen. The ending especially is a little weak considering the intense investigation work that preceded it.