The Girl in the Spider’s Web Is Giving Us the “Feminist Batman” We Need in 2018
Many raised their eyebrows when The Girl in the Spider's Web was first announced, and for good reason.
The new film would be based on the fourth book in the series, despite the fact that movies for the second and third books had never made it into production.
Fede Alvarez would direct instead of David Fincher.
And Claire Foy would replace Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, the dark and complex antihero.
I'll admit I've been in the dubious majority with everyone else when it comes to the film.
After seeing a good 20-minute chunk of the film and witnessing a Q&A with Alvarez and Foy, though, I must admit that I've started to change my mind.Obviously, Alvarez and Foy's take on the gritty universe (and the characters that exist therein) was always going to be pretty different from Fincher and Mara's.
When speaking to the former pair about the film,
