Stephen Merchant has joined The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Claire Foy and Lakeith Stanfield are already on board to star and Fede Alvarez is directing the project, which Sony hopes will relaunch the film franchise, whose last installment was released in 2011.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web is currently shooting in Berlin and Stockholm, and Sony is planning a Nov. 9 release. The film is adapted from the David Lagercrantz-penned fourth book in the Millennium series.

Source: Press Release