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05-24-2006, 03:33 PM
'Da Vinci Code' success sparks 'Angels & Demons' plans
24/05/2006 1:26:17 PM
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After the opening weekend success of The Da Vinci Code, producers are set to send another of Dan Brown's novels to the silver screen.
Columbia Pictures said Tuesday that it has plans to turn Brown's first bestseller, Angels & Demons, into a movie.
Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldman, who adapted Brown's The Da Vinci Code for the current film, has signed on for the new project. Although Brown wrote Angels & Demons first, the upcoming film project is being proposed as a sequel to The Da Vinci Code movie.
In addition to receiving an Oscar for his adapted screenplay for A Beautiful Mind, Goldman's Hollywood writing credits include boxing drama Cinderella Man and the super-hero action flop Batman & Robin.
Published in 2000, Angels & Demons introduced Brown's Harvard professor character, Robert Langdon. Actor Tom Hanks portrayed the crime-solving symbologist in The Da Vinci Code film.
Hanks and Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard have not yet signed on for an Angels & Demons movie, but a Columbia spokesperson told Reuters that the two would be approached first for the project.
The Da Vinci Code received its gala premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and debuted in theatres worldwide last week. Despite being generally panned by critics, the film had the second-best opening weekend ever for a movie premiering around the globe. (The record is held by Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith.)
The Da Vinci Code took in $224 million US worldwide, despite a wave of protests and calls for boycotts against it from religious groups around the globe.
http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/Home/ContentPosting.aspx?newsitemid=angels-demons-movie&feedname=CBC-ARTS-V2&show=True&number=5&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc
Boo for them wanting to make it a sequal instead of a prequal, but it was only a matter of time until this was announced. A&D was the better of the 2 books, so I guess we will have to see how things progress.
24/05/2006 1:26:17 PM
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After the opening weekend success of The Da Vinci Code, producers are set to send another of Dan Brown's novels to the silver screen.
Columbia Pictures said Tuesday that it has plans to turn Brown's first bestseller, Angels & Demons, into a movie.
Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldman, who adapted Brown's The Da Vinci Code for the current film, has signed on for the new project. Although Brown wrote Angels & Demons first, the upcoming film project is being proposed as a sequel to The Da Vinci Code movie.
In addition to receiving an Oscar for his adapted screenplay for A Beautiful Mind, Goldman's Hollywood writing credits include boxing drama Cinderella Man and the super-hero action flop Batman & Robin.
Published in 2000, Angels & Demons introduced Brown's Harvard professor character, Robert Langdon. Actor Tom Hanks portrayed the crime-solving symbologist in The Da Vinci Code film.
Hanks and Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard have not yet signed on for an Angels & Demons movie, but a Columbia spokesperson told Reuters that the two would be approached first for the project.
The Da Vinci Code received its gala premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and debuted in theatres worldwide last week. Despite being generally panned by critics, the film had the second-best opening weekend ever for a movie premiering around the globe. (The record is held by Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith.)
The Da Vinci Code took in $224 million US worldwide, despite a wave of protests and calls for boycotts against it from religious groups around the globe.
http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/Home/ContentPosting.aspx?newsitemid=angels-demons-movie&feedname=CBC-ARTS-V2&show=True&number=5&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc
Boo for them wanting to make it a sequal instead of a prequal, but it was only a matter of time until this was announced. A&D was the better of the 2 books, so I guess we will have to see how things progress.