NEW YORK – ‘Quantum of Solace’ star Daniel Craig has reportedly been tipped for the lead role in the Hollywood adaptation of ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’.

According to TheWrap.com, the film is based on the first novel in the Millennium trilogy by the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson, reports the New York Daily News.

It is a crime thriller about a journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, searching for a missing girl with the aid of dragon-tattooed hacker Lisbeth Salander.

Adaptations of the three novels, ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’, ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’, and ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’, have already been made in Larsson’s native Sweden, starring Michael Nyqvist as Blomkvist.

‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ has circulated around the indie circuit for some time in the States.

Brad Pitt was initially reported by various sources to be the top candidate for the Blomkvist role in the English adaptation, which IMDB reports is slated for release in 2012.

But TheWrap.com revealed ‘Dragon’ director David Fincher is more partial to casting the erstwhile 007 as his lead.

Fincher is slated to direct all three adaptations of the trilogy, and he and Craig, 42, are reportedly taking a meeting in Los Angeles within the next few days.

A-list Hollywood actresses including Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley are reportedly being considered for the lead role in the remake of ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’.

Oscar-nominated ‘An Education’ star Carey Mulligan, ‘Juno’ actress Ellen Page as well as Natalie Portman are also keen to take on the lead role in the new version of the film, reported Contactmusic.

The film is based on the novel by Swedish author Stiegg Larsson and even ‘Twilight’ star Kristen Stewart is being considered as an option for the lead.

However, director David Fincher is unsure whether he wants to cast an established star or an unknown actress.

“David is not sure if he wants to go with an actress of any note or go with an unknown. David’s process is very specific and private. He’s looking for authenticity and a degree of fierceness and believability capable of delivering the intensity that the part on the page calls for,” said a source.

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is believed to have been offered the male lead in the film.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – a Swedish version of which was released in cinemas earlier this year – is the first in a trilogy, followed by The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest.

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People Magazine has unveiled its popular Most Beautiful issue for 2010. Among the list of actors and celebrities are a few stage folk.

Stars on the list who have appeared on Broadway include Three Days of Rain co-stars Julia Roberts (“Eat, Pray, Love”) and Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”), current Race star Kerry Washington, recent A View from the Bridge actress Scarlet Johansson, Chicago vets Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”) and Kelly Osbourne (“The Osbournes”), Cyrano de Bergerac muse Jennifer Garner (“Valentine’s Day”) and Festen’s Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”).

“Beautiful” list honorees also include actors with some stage credits — Anne Hathaway (Twelfth Night), Jessica Biel (Guys and Dolls in Concert) and Ryan Reynolds (Celebrity Autobiography) — as well as movie musical stars Johnny Depp (“Sweeney Todd”), Kate Hudson (“Nine”), Amanda Seyfried (“Mamma Mia!”) and Beyoncé (“Dreamgirls”).

Other names of note to theatre folk include Drew Barrymore (of the famed stage family), “Glee” starlet Dianna Agron and Robin Wright, who will appear in the forthcoming Broadway revival of Talley’s Folly.

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The humble and modest Anne Hathaway has revealed that she thought she would probably never make it in Hollywood as a professional actress and expected to be working as a waitress for the rest of her life.

The Alice In Wonderland star told Look magazine; “I thought I was going to be waitressing and have tons of student loans. I’m thrilled. Right now, I just feel like I’m in a glorified acting programme. I get to learn drama from Meryl Streep, then I get to run around and learn comedy from Steve Carell. It’s kind of insane.”

27-year-old Anne added, “Acting really, really is the only thing I’m interested in doing. Even if I was acting in a church basement theatre for the rest of my life, I would still enjoy it.”

It’s nice when people appreciate their amazing lives, isn’t it *cough, cough*?

Anne Hathaway has revealed that she would have accepted any role in Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland.

The actress, who plays the White Queen in the upcoming adaptation of the children’s book, has admitted that she would do “anything” for the director to get the chance to work with him.

Speaking to Teen Hollywood, Hathaway said: “I would do anything if Tim wanted me to. I would have played a mushroom in this if that’s the way he saw me in it.

“I would have happily donned my green onesie and been up on stilts. I would have done anything to be in Wonderland but it’s kind of nice to be a real person as well. Being CGId or not? I have no preference, sorry I don’t.”

Alice In Wonderland arrives in cinemas on March 5.

The star-laden Valentine’s Day has topped the US box office, as the film cashed in on the romantic holiday.

Starring Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Anne Hathaway and Jamie Foxx, among many others, the movie took $52.4m (£33.4m) in its opening three days. Children’s fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief opened in second place, ahead of The Wolfman. Adapted from a fantasy book series, Percy Jackson stars Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan.

Its takings of $31.1m (£19.8m) just pipped The Wolfman, an update of the 1941 Lon Chaney Jr classic – this time starring Benicio Del Toro, which took $30.6m (£19.5m). Blockbuster Avatar slipped to four, while last week’s number one, the romantic drama Dear John, fell to number five.

“To have a movie titled Valentine’s Day on Valentine’s weekend was a no-brainer that absolutely worked,” said box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Hollywood.com.

The US also marks the Presidents Day national holiday on Monday, with final figures for the four-day holiday due out later.

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