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[MIMIC]

I just happened upon some information about the movie.

I really enjoyed the book, so I'm definitely going to have to checkout the movie:

Release Date: May 19th, 2006 (wide)

[...]

Cast: Tom Hanks (Dr. Robert Langdon), Audrey Tautou (Agent Sophie Neveu), Jean Reno (Captain Bezu Fache); other cast not announced yet.

[...]

Director: Ron Howard (Parenthood, A Beautiful Mind, Willow, Apollo 13; next up before this is Cinderella Man)

Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman (Lost in Space, Batman & Robin, A Beautiful Mind; cowriter of Cinderella Man)

[...]

Based Upon: (2/14/05) This movie is, of course, based upon the ridiculously popular mystery/suspense novel by Dan Brown. At one point, before the novel became quite that popular, the producer of the TV series "24" sought the rights to the novel to incorporate it into the show as the core of the third season's plot, but author Dan Brown completely rejected the concept, holding out for movie rights. A few months later, Sony paid Brown $6 million for just that.

Premise: When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon (Hanks) is summoned to the Louvre by the French version of the FBI, led by Captain Fezu Bache (Reno), he soon discovered that he is the #1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with. Assisted by a French cryptographer and government agent named Sophie (Tautou), Langdon is challenged to decipher a chain of cryptic codes and puzzles, all the while trying to stay ahead of Bache's lawmen in a chase through the Louvre, and out into the Parisian cityscape, and finally across the channel to England. Can Langdon and Sophie decipher the nature of a secret dating back to Leonardo Da Vinci (and even earlier) before those responsible for the historian's murder add them to their hit list?

Filming: (2/14/05) Production is scheduled to start in Paris, France in May, 2005, with much of the filming expected to be done at the Louvre (which is the setting for about half the movie) during night hours and Tuesdays (the only day each week the museum is closed).

I wonder how that "24" thing would have turned out.

 

[cubanb]

haha that woulda been too cool. maybe they can buy the angels and demons storyline instead. that seems even more 24ish. JACK BAUER IN ROME! lol

 

[speedpop]

I need to read this book before I see the movie.

 

[effzee]

wait the screenwriter for batman and robin and a beautiful mind? wtf?

 

[MIMIC]

Anyone got more info on that 24/Da Vinci Code deal that fell through? This is all I could fine:

Kiefer "DaVinci" Sutherland?

"24" almost used the best selling novel "The DaVinci Code" for it's storyline this season. More from MSNBC, "...the man spearheading the movie version, producer Brian Grazer, first got wind of the book from the creator of his company's acclaimed TV series "24"—itself an adrenaline rush of real-time pulp fiction. Early in 2003, Joel Surnow read the book, which was popular but not yet a worldwide phenomenon, and thought it would make a terrific story line for "24's" third season. So he asked his boss to look into acquiring the rights. "It quickly became clear that we had no chance,' Grazer says."

 

[whytemyke]

hopefully it'll be a good flick.

 

[Crow]

When I read the book, i can't say I really invisioned Tom Hanks to play the part of Robert Langdon.

 

[Justin Bailey]

Hmmmm, this sounds like it might actually be good.

 

[MaverickX9]

When I read the book, i can't say I really invisioned Tom Hanks to play the part of Robert Langdon.

Me neither.

When I first read the description of Langdon, I was thinking he was basically Indiana Jones in a suit. Brown described him to a "T".

Then a few lines later, Brown had some line directly comparing him to Harrison Ford... :lol

 

[keeblerdrow]

WE NEED TO STOP THIS MOVIE.

 

[Manabanana]

WE NEED TO STOP THIS MOVIE.

Eh?

 

[gigapower]

Audrey Tautou (Agent Sophie Neveu), Jean Reno (Captain Bezu Fache)

After they announced that Audrey and Jean will be in it, I am actually excited to see it now.