So young actress Rooney Mara will be taking on the role of Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. For those of you who missed out on the Stieg Larsson book trilogy, Lisbeth is a goth chick from Sweden who’s all attitude with some hacker skills and an awful lot of body piercings. It’s a big stretch for Rooney, who recently made a splash playing Mark Zuckerberg’s irate ex-girlfriend in The Social Network. Daniel “007″ Craig will star opposite her in the David Fincher directed film. This is the second time the story will hit the big screen. The Swedish version, starring Noomi Repace as Lisbeth, has already been in theatres and on Blu-Ray/DVD. It didn’t get quite the screen time here in the US that the Hollywood version is bound to receive when it comes out in 2011. I’m interested in seeing this one, since I’m a fan of mysteries and thrillers–everything from classic authors like Edgar Allen Poe to contemporaries like Tony Hillerman and Elaine Flinn. Stieg Larsson’s so-called Millenium Trilogy was a page-turner across all three books. The original Swedish movies adapted well, but it remains to see whether Hollywood remains true to the story or gets lost in romance and special effects.