Although the story does not follow the events of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Sony will still be marketing the film as a sequel.
Throughout the production of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, director David Fincher was continuously at odds with Sony over much of how the film came to be.
For whatever reason, Sony hasn’t been happy with the reaction The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo received.
Something about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – which incidentally, won an Oscar out of 5 nominations and grossed more than $200 million off a $90 million budget – hasn’t quite sat right with Sony for some time, despite its comfortable success.