The push is on for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, trying to get the word out ahead of its December 21 US release (26 December in the UK). I’m not sure there’s anyone left who might be interested in this film that doesen’t already know about it, but I’m not complaining when they keep dropping goodies on us left and right. Here are two new just released tv spots, both trying very hard to make sure that we know that Rooney Mara is as weird and eccentric as Lisbeth Salander as Noomi Rapace was. No one has to try to convince me that Daniel Craig is going to be a great Mikael Blomqvist. Yes, I have been convinced. I will see this movie.

In other news, Sam Mendes’ Skyfall, otherwise known as Bond 23, has finally begun shooting in London. I’m apparently not the only one excited about this as there have been pics  (most of them blurry) coming off of the set all week that show Craig in a car or Dame Judi Dench walking across a parking lot. Riveting stuff and yet they’ve boomeranged all over the web. The producers found it necessary to release an ‘official’ first image: a scene marker set against the backdrop of a dingy public bathroom. Fascinating.

Enjoy the vids!