David Fincher's remake of 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' still has no lead?

Apparently so, contridicting early reports that had Carey Mulligan winning the role from Kristen Stewart. Here's the story from Deadline:

Every hot young actress in Hollywood wants to play the lead in Sony Pictures' The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. But will David Fincher cast one of them -- or go with an unknown? This is the studio's next 3-film franchise based on Swedish author Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy. It begins with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (there's a very well-received Swedish version in theaters right now), and continues with The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. So what's described to me as "creme de la creme" of young actresses are calling Sony execs as well as producer Scott Rudin and asking if they "can come in for a meeting" about it.

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.

The problem is that director David Fincher "is not sure if he wants to go with an actress of any note or go with an unknown," an insider tells me. "David's process is very specific and private. He's looking for authenticity and a degree of fierceness and believeability capable of delivering the intensity that the part on the page calls for." I hear Sony execs think the bestseller itself is such a phenom, and the material so exciting, that the twentysomething female lead doesn't need a name. On the other hand, they think the male lead does require a star, and the studio is waiting for an answer from Brad Pitt.

-I think all the actresses are excellent and could do a great job, but I don't know that I have a favorite...do you? Thoughts?

Carey Mulligan to star in David Fincher's remake of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'?

Well, according to Cinematical, she's won the role (which was supposedly down to her or Kristen Stewart). Here's the story:

Forget the sweet schoolgirl who gossips with her girlfriends and dreams of great romance in gay "Par-ee." Recent Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan is heading for the body art. The Times Online reports that the An Education star is "set" to headline the English remake of the Swedish film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (They say she won a thumbs up from director David Fincher, but the final decision/agreement has not been made.)

Mulligan has been itching to grab the role for a while now, saying last month: "I am obsessed with those books. I would love to do them. I am not going to lie about that. I would love to play Lisbeth Salander." The Times notes that she not only won the thumbs up from Fincher, but also the family of the late author who penned the series, Stieg Larsson. Should she sign on the dotted line, she's said to earn approximately £10m for three films, playing a body-modded computer hacker who helps a journalist solve a decades-old disappearance. (The locale might be moved to Canada, seen as a sort of "compromise" for American audiences.) *

While I was intrigued by Peter's idea of a rougher Veronica Mars on the big screen, I'm itching to see how Mulligan balances darker fare with the sweet. If she hits this out of the ballpark like she did An Education, I imagine she'll be unstoppable.

-I think either Mulligan or Stewart would have worked, but I'm a fan of them both...thoughts

Carey Mulligan to play Eliza Doolittle in a remake of 'My Fair Lady'...

From the BBC:

British actress Carey Mulligan is set to play Eliza Doolittle in a remake of My Fair Lady, according to the film's writer Emma Thompson.

Speaking to BBC 5 live at the premiere of her latest movie Nanny McPhee, the star said they have yet to cast the male lead of Henry Higgins.

It has been reported that Hugh Grant is linked to the role.

Thompson said that she would "love him to do it", but added nothing had been confirmed yet.

When asked whether it was true that Mulligan had been cast in the musical movie, Thompson said: "I think Carey is set to play it, yes.

"But we still don't know about [Henry] Higgins. I love Hugh so I'd love him to do it, he might want to, he might not want to, so we don't know yet. But hopefully we'll make it later this year."

The musical was originally staged on Broadway in 1956, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, which became a smash hit.

It won nine Tony awards before transferring to London's West End.

In 1964 Harrison starred in a film version opposite Audrey Hepburn, which scooped eight Oscars, including best director for George Cukor.

-Thoughts?

"Avatar is Really Cartoons"

Courtesy of Scott Feinberg over at And the Winner Is Blog. This is just a perception of how actors are perceiving "Avatar" and if this is their way of thinking, the film and Cameron are in trouble.