Claire Foy To Star In 'The Girl in the Spider's Web'

CULVER CITY, CA – Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed Friday that "The Crown" star Claire Foy will play the role of Lisbeth Salander in the upcoming film adaptation of "The Girl in the Spider's Web." Production will begin in January in Berlin and Stockholm on the fourth installment based on the Millennium series of novels.

The film, scheduled to be released on Oct. 19, 2018, will team Foy and director Fede Alvarez, who recently helmed the thriller "Don't Breathe" and revived the "Evil Dead" franchise.

"I couldn't be more thrilled about Claire taking the reins of the iconic Lisbeth Salander," he said. "Claire is an incredible, rare talent who will inject a new and exciting life into Lisbeth. I can't wait to bring this new story to a worldwide audience, with Claire Foy at its center."

Foy is nominated for an Emmy at this weekend's 69th Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in the Netflix series "The Crown." She previously won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for the role.

"The Girl in the Spider's Web" will be the first in the best-selling series to be produced into an English-language film in its initial adaptation. The previous books in the series have been adapted into Swedish-language films, and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was a remake of the Swedish film. It became a global hit for Columbia Pictures, taking in more than $230 million worldwide.

The studio continues its development of the next book in the Millennium series, "The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye," which was released this week. Sony's Columbia Pictures retains the rights to all future Millennium Series books.

City News Service and Patch staffer Emily Holland contributed to this post; Image via Shutterstock