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Dragon Tattoo Producers Fume Over Good Review

New Yorker publishes piece early

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 6, 2011 2:43 PM CST

(Newser) – The New Yorker has sparked the ire of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo producer Scott Rudin—with a positive review that calls the film "mesmerizing." Trouble is, the review came out early, a big no-no in an industry where timing is key. Filmmakers want their movies—especially big-ticket ones like Dragon Tattoo—reviewed at a moment that helps promote the film, notes ABC News. Critic David Denby saw the film early on the condition that he wouldn't release the review until December 13.

Instead, the review came out eight days earlier. Denby explained the move in an email to Rudin, saying the magazine had needed a review in the latest issue and a number of other Oscar hopefuls are on their way. "I apologize for the breach of the embargo. It won’t happen again. But this was a special case brought on by year-end madness." Rudin said that was "nonsense." "The needs of the magazine cannot trump your word," the producer wrote. "I could not in good conscience invite you to see another movie of mine again."

US actress Rooney Mara, star of the film, is seen during a press meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/ Claudio Bresciani)

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YetAnotherCollegeKid

Dec 11, 2011 4:36 PM CST

This film would have to be running around 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes for me to go see it after watching the original. If it pulls that off, though, hey. Maybe it's not a watered-down American remake. Hard to imagine it could beat the nihilist original, though.

SpaceKush14

Dec 7, 2011 7:10 PM CST

stop the bitching, sure a swedish version came out a few years earlier, and it was good, but it could have been better, honestly i think this version will be great, and yes i have read the books, david fincher is an excellent director (Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac, etc) and Daniel Craig is a great actor who better fits the character of Blomkvist, it's not a remake of the swedish movie, rather a more dark, stylish, and complete adaption of the book, the one the book deserves IMO

Coolface

Dec 6, 2011 10:13 PM CST

What perplexes me the most is that this series is so popular yet so lackluster in terms of suspense. It's received a lot of critical acclaim but other than the Lisbeth (who is a superficial, contrived caricature to give the stories some misguided substance) , the story is so appalling uninteresting. Hell, the reveal of the kiler is like "Huh? So what?"

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