The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

• added Ellen Page (Rumored) to the credits 158 weeks ago

Carey Mulligan, the Oscar nominee from The Education, actually phoned the pic's writer Steve Zallian and took him to lunch. (Reminds me of that bad joke about the ambitious actress and the writer.) Juno Oscar nominee Ellen Page wrote a heartfelt note to Rudin. (Her Hard Candy persona is perfect for the part.) Sony execs insist they're "nowhere near casting". But Mulligan, Page, Kristen Stewart, Mia Wasikowska, Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway, Olivia Thirlby, and Scarlett Johannsen are all circling.

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