Article courtesy the Hollywood Reporter: A Stieg Larsson confidant shares what happens in the unpublished manuscript thought to be the fourth novel in the ‘Millennium’ series. A close friend of deceased crime writer Stieg Larsson has revealed details of the unpublished manuscript thought to be the fourth book in the global best-selling Millennium series. Larsson confidant Kurdo Baksi told Swedish daily paper the Expressen that Camilla, the estranged twin sister of Millennium’s goth hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander, plays a major role in the fourth book. Camilla was seen only briefly in the second Millennium novel, The Girl Who Played With Fire.

Baksi is quoted in Expressen as saying the fourth novel is set on the remote Banks Island in Canada and the further deepens the relationship between Salander and investigative journalist Mikael Blomqvist. Baksi, whose book My friend Stieg Larsson was a best-seller last year, added that before he died Larsson completed a detailed introduction and a finale to the fourth book. Larsson died suddenly in 2004, before the three Millennium books were published. But it’s been widely reported that he had plans for a series of five or six books. There is huge commercial interest in continuing the Millennium franchise. The novels were a phenomenal global success, as were the Swedish films based on them, which launched the career of actress who played Salander, Noomi Rapace. The Hollywood adaptation of the books – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher and starring Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig – hits theaters Dec. 21.

Larsson’s long-time partner Eva Gabrielsson has said she has a large part of the manuscript for the fourth novel on a computer in her possession. But Gabrielsson, who was not formally married to Larsson, is in a bitter fight with Larsson’s family over Millennium royalties and has so far refused to make the unfinished manuscript public. In Stieg and I, her biography of her life with Larsson, Gabrielsson gave the fourth book the working title God’s revenge. She has been quoted as saying she could finish the novel on Larsson’s behalf. So far, however, Larsson’s publishers – in Sweden and internationally – have said there are no plans to publish a fourth novel in the series.

Here are the very first pictures of Noomi on the red carpet at the 2011 British Academy Awards. The Best Actress category is still to be announced, but some good news so far: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” won Best Film not in the English Language! Check back later for more information and pictures. Edit: The Best Actress Award went to Natalie Portman for “Black Swan”.

Over 1.300 DVD captures from the extended Millennium mini-series have been added to the gallery. Since the trilogy was originally planned and shot for television, the mini-series features a lot more scenes than the theatrical versions. Each film is expanded to two episodes, making the series a 6 episodes delight of 9 hours. I’m working on a special section to highlight the extended scenes and notable differences between the film and tv versions, so stay tuned.

A couple of production stills from the first two Millenium parts as well as Beyond have been added. Also, most of the Babycall production stills have been replaced in higher resolution.

Fantastic news! Noomi has received a nomination for the British Academy Award, Britain’s equivalent to the Oscars, as Best Actress for her performance in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. She shares this category with Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right), Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit). “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” has received further nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film not in the English Language. The BAFTAs will be handed out during a live ceremony on February 12, 2011.

A new talkshow appearance has been added to the video archive. On May 04, 2009, Noomi promoted “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” on the French talkshow “Le Grand Journal”.

Don’t miss the Critics Choice Movie Awards, airing tonight at 9pm/et on VH1. Noomi is nominated as Best Actress for “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” alongside Annette Bening, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Michelle Williams and Jennifer Lawrence. This will mark Noomi’s first appearance at a televised American awards ceremony, and – unless the Oscars don’t surprise us with some Noomi love – will probably be her only one since her performance was overlooked by most other award juries in the USA. Be sure to find all results, pictures and video on the Critics Choice Awards here tomorrow!

According to the Guardian, Stieg Larsson’s ‘s partner Eva Gabrielsson plans to finish the fourth novel he left uncompleted on his death. According to early details culled from Gabrielsson’s memoir of her life with Larsson, Millennium, Stieg and Me, which is set for publication in France and Scandinavia next week, Larsson had written 200 pages of a fourth novel in his internationally successful Millennium series before he died. Gabrielsson wants to complete it because, she says, “Stieg and I often wrote together”. Larsson’s partner has refused to reveal details of the partially completed novel’s plot, but promised that its charismatic but damaged protagonist Lisbeth Salander “little by little frees herself from her ghosts and her enemies”. And, she said, she will only finish the book when she gets undisputed rights to Larsson’s work from his family, who inherited the author’s assets when he died intestate.

Noomi has received yet another Best Actress nomination for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, this time for the London Critics Circle Film Award. She shares the category with Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit). This year’s ceremony will take place at the BFI London on the South Bank for the first time, on 10 February 2011, in aid of the BFI archive.

Noomi has won the Satellite Award as Best Actress in a Drama for “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”. The film was also awarded as Best Foreign Language Film. Since the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards have passed Noomi as a potential nominee, it’s nice to see her mentioned with some international recognition for her stunning work. Noomi wasn’t present at the awards show since she is still filming the “Sherlock Holmes” sequel in London, but she sent a very nice recorded message, which you can see at the video archive.