Fede Alvarez, the director of 2016’s breakout thriller Don’t Breathe, will helm the project from a screenplay by Steven Knight and Fede Alvarez & Jay Basu.
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.
The Millennium Series is a worldwide bestseller, with the four books selling over 86 million copies since their debut.
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.