Ad of the Day: 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'

Blur Studio makes David Fincher happy with a stunning animated opening title sequence

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Usually it's the trailers that do the heavy lifting in promoting a film. But in the case of David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, it's the opening title sequence that's drawing rave reviews.

Blur Studio in Venice, Calif., was tasked with creating the opening, and Fincher didn't flinch at setting the bar high. "I got a call from him, it was the middle of the night in Sweden and he was on some shoot that was going really bad," Blur co-founder Tim Miller told Wired.com.

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