GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO to Reach the West End?

With a Hollywood adaptation of the hit novel in the works, Stieg Larsson's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO will be making its stage debut at Copenhagen's Norrebro Theatre on December 4. A recent article for The Independent asked, "how long until the West End gets in on the act?"

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  is an award-winning crime novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson, the first in his Millennium Trilogy.

At his death in November 2004, Larsson left three unpublished novels that made up the trilogy. It became a posthumous best-seller in several European countries as well as in the United States. Larsson, who was disgusted by sexual violence, witnessed the gang rape of a young girl when he was 15. He never forgave himself for failing to help the girl, whose name was Lisbeth - like the young heroine of his books, herself a rape victim, which inspired the theme of sexual violence against women in his books.

In 2010 David Fincher was set to direct a Hollywood adaptation of the book, for release in December 2011. According to The Guardian, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt were all interested in playing the central role of Mikael Blomkvist, but Daniel Craig was officially confirmed as the lead in July.On August 16, 2010, it was officially confirmed that Rooney Mara will play Lisbeth Salander. Robin Wright is currently in talks to play Erika Berger, while Christopher Plummer and Stellan Skarsgård are attached to play Henrik and Martin Vanger