Stieg Larsson was the top European writer in 2010, according to an analysis of bestsellers charts published in UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. Continue reading
Stieg the King of European Literature in 2010
Eva to release Memoir
Eva Gabrielsson spent 30 years as novelist Stieg Larsson‘s life partner. Now Seven Stories Press has acquired the North American rights to her memoir about their lives together. Continue reading
Noomi wins at Richard Attenborough Film Awards
The fifth annual Richard Attenborough Film Awards winners were announced today, with The Social Network being named best film by UK regional critics. Continue reading
Alien Prequel – Paradise – to Start Filming in March
Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel is not being pushed back a year as it has been previously reported. The Fox production, is however, now titled Paradise, and is on track to start production in March. Continue reading
Stieg Makes Entertainment Weekly Top 15 Entertainers of the Year
While the top position went to country singer Taylor Swift, the previously unheard of Swedish Author of the Millennium Trilogy took this past year by force. According to EW, This was the year that Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy evolved from a publishing phenomenon into a cultural one, when you couldn’t go 20 feet without seeing one of those brightly colored covers at a coffee shop or tucked into a friend’s bag. Continue reading
‘Dragon Tattoo’ Filming Underway In A Chilly Sweden
With filming well underway now for the Hollywood remake of Dragon Tattoo, news is starting to come out about the progress. The latest news comes courtesy of a “status update” from Rooney Mara, the young actress playing the role of antisocial punk hacker Lisbeth Salander. Her message comes from the Swedish set: Continue reading
Alien prequels delayed 12 months
Ridley Scott’s horror/sci-fi classic, Alien, featured acid-blooded monsters and the immense remains of a skeletal creature generally referred to as “The Space Jockey”. Continue reading
Stieg Still Leading the e-Book Market
OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content to libraries, today announced the ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ for November 2010. Stieg’s trilogy is still present as 3 of the top 4 books for this past month, and is well over 1M total copies sold all-time. The total sales for this past month are: Continue reading
Will Hollywood Remakes Stay True to Product Placement?
When it comes to product placement, will Fincher remain loyal to the text? Or will Sony Studio’s involvement turn all those MacBooks Larsson mentions into Sony Vaios? Continue reading
2010 Obsession with Stieg Larsson
America obsessed over two Apple gadgets, two television shows, parasitic insects, the man behind ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’, and of course a social networking site in 2010… Continue reading