Published: 16 Dec 09 16:11 CET | Print version
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A major Hollywood studio is close to finalizing a deal to produce an English-language film adaptation of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s wildly successful “Millennium” trilogy of crime novels.
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J.K.Rowling insisted on Harry Potter being filmed on british location and with british actors, and it is all the better for it.
EX:
"Bella Martha" = "No Reservations"
"Traffic"
"State of Play"
Bergman this is not; and Sweden will not be well-served by the plastic Hollywood.
In Swedish? Who in the Hollywood Industry speaks Swedish, or is able to produce a Swedish production that won't end up looking like an western American cowboy-movie made in Russia?
This is definitely a down-ward step for Sweden.