Daniel Craig may be James Bond to a majority of us, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to stick to that singular role forever. That’s why you see him as part of the main cast for Jon Farveau’s Cowboys and Aliens and possibly the Americanized version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The charming actor is going through negotiations to take on the lead role of the David Fincher directed production.

If Craig does sign on, he’d be the journalist Mikael Blomkvist who is looking for the missing woman, Harriet Banger (The Wrap). Carey Mulligan is circling the production, eyeing one of the lead roles. Principal photography is expected to start this October in order to reach a December 2011 release date.

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger’s are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves

Tags: Carey Mulligan, Cowboys and Aliens, Daniel Craig, David Fincher, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo