Discusses the upcoming Da Vinci Code movie starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard.
March 1, 2005 (Press Release) --
Ron Howard will helm the much anticipated The Da Vinci Code movie, based on the best-selling book of the same name by author Dan Brown. Akiva Goldsman will be responsible for the screenwriting. The film will be shot in various locations around the world including London and Paris. Audiences will get a glance at the interior of the famed Musée du Louvre in Paris where the main plot begins.
The suspenseful story revolves around the murder of the old curator of the Louvre museum, Jacques Saunière. The police call in symbologist Robert Langdon, played by Tom Hanks, in order to help them solve a mysterious riddle left near the body. When Langdon deciphers the riddle, it reveals a trail of clues that Leonardo Da Vinci cleverly hid in his art work.
Hank’s character is joined by Sophie Neveu, a French cryptologist played by Audrey Tautou. She is the grand-daughter of Mr. Saunière. Together, they soon learn that the curator was involved in the rituals of a secret society, the Priory of Sion, whose members included Botticelli, Victor Hugo, Sir Isaac Newton, and Da Vinci himself. Both Langdon and Neveu become the targets of an enigmatic albino figure known as Silas who works on behalf of Opus Dei, a covert Catholic sect eager to guard the Priory of Sion’s mysterious doings! Will the 2000 year old secret ever be revealed?
The Da Vinci Code movie also stars Jean Reno as Bezu Fache, the French police chief. Filming is slated to start in May of 2005 and Columbia and Imagine Entertainment will release the film on May 19, 2006. Columbia has also acquired the rights to Angels and Demons, Brown’s first novel also featuring the character of Robert Langdon.
Published in http://www.davincilife.com/davinci-code-movie.html
The suspenseful story revolves around the murder of the old curator of the Louvre museum, Jacques Saunière. The police call in symbologist Robert Langdon, played by Tom Hanks, in order to help them solve a mysterious riddle left near the body. When Langdon deciphers the riddle, it reveals a trail of clues that Leonardo Da Vinci cleverly hid in his art work.
Hank’s character is joined by Sophie Neveu, a French cryptologist played by Audrey Tautou. She is the grand-daughter of Mr. Saunière. Together, they soon learn that the curator was involved in the rituals of a secret society, the Priory of Sion, whose members included Botticelli, Victor Hugo, Sir Isaac Newton, and Da Vinci himself. Both Langdon and Neveu become the targets of an enigmatic albino figure known as Silas who works on behalf of Opus Dei, a covert Catholic sect eager to guard the Priory of Sion’s mysterious doings! Will the 2000 year old secret ever be revealed?
The Da Vinci Code movie also stars Jean Reno as Bezu Fache, the French police chief. Filming is slated to start in May of 2005 and Columbia and Imagine Entertainment will release the film on May 19, 2006. Columbia has also acquired the rights to Angels and Demons, Brown’s first novel also featuring the character of Robert Langdon.
Published in http://www.davincilife.com/davinci-code-movie.html
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