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"We've got a great script and now comes the most fun part – finding our Lisbeth," Alvarez told USA Today on Monday - and both potential replacements have plenty of experience in blockbuster franchises; Portman as Queen Amidala in Star Wars, and both in the Marvel cinematic universe - Johansson as Black Widow, a role she has reprised in six different films, and Portman as Jane Foster in the two Thor movies.
Johansson is currently the highest grossing actress in American history. Her films have grossed over $3.6 billion (USD) in her home country and over $9 billion worldwide, Portman's grossing $2.1 billion in the USA and $4.7 billion worldwide.
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Spider's Web is set for release in October 2018. It will be the first film in the series to be released as an English adaptation first, with the first three books all transformed from page to screen in author Stieg Larsson's native Sweden.
The second and third books in the series were not re-made in Hollywood, putting this release in the uniquely peculiar position of a 'sequel', despite jumping straight from book one to book four.
The text for the new film did not come from Larsson - following the author's death in 2004, the series was carried on by David Lagercrantz, best known for penning the biography for Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Lagercrantz will continue the series with a fifth book, which was also announce on Monday.
The first film in the series was both a critical and commercial success. In addition to winning an Oscar for Best Film Editing, it made nearly $240 million (USD) on a budget of $90 million, holds a 7.8 rating on IMDb and an 86 per cent 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes.