Daniel Craig May Be Written Out of ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Sequel

Late last summer, we got word that a sequel to David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was coming, but likely not in 2013, as Steve Zailian was still working on the script for The Girl Who Played with Fire. Since then, we’ve heard no further development, and many think it’s because Fincher takes awhile to get his projects off the ground. However, THR says Fincher isn’t really the big hold-up on the sequel. In fact, it’s co-star Daniel Craig who may be delaying the project because his $1 billion grossing turn as James Bond in Skyfall made the studio a lot of cash, and he wants a pay raise instead of a pay cut. However, apparently Sony is willing to write the character out of the sequel as a last resort. After all, real negotiations about pay have yet to commence between Craig and the studio, and …