In May 2010 when I reviewed the Swedish film adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo there was already speculation about a Hollywood remake. In fact at the time the American version, released internationally late last year and here in January, was already being cast. This was hardly surprising; the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy of novels—Dragon Tattoo (Swedish title Men Who Hate Women), The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest—were international best-sellers. The Swedish mini-series and the theatrical versions based on the books had all been successful (they even had quite…