While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci - clues visible for all to see, and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu (Tautou), and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion - an actual secret society. In a breathless race through Paris, London and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who appears to work for Opus Dei - a clandestine, Vatican-sanctioned Catholic organization believed to have long plotted to seize the Priory's secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's secret - and a stunning historical truth - will be lost forever.
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June 11, 2008: Angels & Demons poster:
The "MTV Movies Blog" has been unloading all kinds of posters from the NY Licensing Expo, the most recent of which is the first teaser for the Tom Hanks starring and Ron Howard directed ANGELS & DEMONS, the sequel to the smash hit THE DA VINCI CODE. Based on...
March 7, 2007: Forrest runs again?:
Paramount tried to get a FORREST GUMP sequel off the ground when the first one raked in gobbles of cash and established Tom Hanks as a bonafide international superstar. They even convinced original sribe Eric Roth to pen the script, which was based on the...
January 22, 2007: Razzies '07 nominees:
At the start of every year, amidst the plethora of award shows that basically amount to Hollywood giving itself a congratulatory handjob, one award show dares to spotlight the absolute worst that Hollywood fed to us the previous year. I'm speaking, of course,...
May 24, 2006: Spielberg & Langdon?:
The best way to fill the void of a relatively slow news day is with a slightly outlandish rumor about Steven Spielberg. As you all know, THE DA VINCI CODE made close a
bajillion dollars (that's a billion jillion, by the way) in its first three days of...
May 23, 2006: Da Vinci prequel?:
UPDATE: According to Variety , DA VINCI screenwriter Akiva Goldsman is set to return for the ANGELS AND DEMONS adaptation.
In what just might take home a No-Surprisey™ statuette at this year's Least Surprising Movie News Item Awards, Sony Pictures has...
May 19, 2006: Quiz: Ron Howard:
PLAY OUR RON HOWARD QUIZ NOW!!
Who played the psychotic man who loved to set things on fire that Robert DeNiro's character tried to keep in prison in the film
Backdraft?
Kiefer
Sutherland
Donald
Sutherland...
May 9, 2006: Italian Da Vinci poster:
The folks at Bad Taste have a new DA VINCI CODE poster hailing from Italy. As you can see below, it follows a pretty basic formula by lining up the heads of its five principle characters in front of The Last Supper, a key element in the plot. The poster is...
May 17, 2006: Review: Da Vinci Code:
THE
DA VINCI CODE
Director:
Ron Howard
Stars:
Tom Hanks, Audrey Tatou, Paul Bettany, Ian McKellen
Release...
May 4, 2006: INT: Ian McKellen:
Sir
Ian McKellen is a consummate performer, an actor’s actor.
Having been into acting from a very young age, he is one of the few
thespians left who is classically trained. And
while stage might be his first love, he is showing...
April 28, 2006: Da Vinci Code pics:
Despite Tom Hanks'
creepy haircut, THE
DA VINCI CODE is rarin' to pounce onto the world in about 20
days, with a hefty cast of name actors including Audrey Tatou, Paul
Bettany,...
April 20, 2006: New Da Vinci pics:
If you're getting tired of all the hoopla surrounding THE DA VINCI CODE then
pucker up, sweet cheeks, because we're just getting started. Plus, why would you complain about anything involving Audrey Tautou? In my humble (but absolutely right)
opinion,...
April 17, 2006: The Da Vinci quest:
Bored out of your mind at work? Get in line! After you've assumed your place behind me and the millions of other poor souls stuck behind a desk toiling away for eight hours, you can begin to look on the bright side as the folks from Sony Pictures and Google...
March 29, 2006: Phantasmagoria pics:
I was taking a look through what those crazy horror bastards over at Arrow in the Head have posted and noticed they recently linked to some fantastic first shots of Marilyn Manson's upcoming directorial debut PHANTASMAGORIA: THE VISIONS OF LEWIS
CARROLL...
March 28, 2006: Starbucks saves Hanks:
Universal has acquired the rights to Michael Gates Gill's soon-to-be-published memoir HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE and have tapped Tom Hanks to star and, in
an uncharacteristically mainstream move (at least in recent years), Gus Van Sant to direct. Does...
March 23, 2006: Party poster contest:
Here's another poster-making contest you design savvy folk out there might enjoy. Focus Features is running a contest for the upcoming Michel
Gondry-directed concert film DAVE CHAPPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY. The rules are simple. Go to THIS SITE ,...
March 22, 2006: Code character posters:
Master codebreaker ElderPredator was digging through the various secrets Sony has embedded into the official site for Ron Howard's THE DA VINCI CODE and found these nifty character wallpapers. They're not the
official character posters but chances are...
March 20, 2006: New Da Vinci trailer:
The theatrical trailer for Ron Howard's THE DA VINCI CODE recently showed up over at Yahoo and, I don't know, it seems to kick quite a bit of ass.
Hopefully, the unfortunate lawsuit author Dan Brown is currently embroiled in will resolve soon and...
March 17, 2006: ShoWest posters/news:
There's a ton of great stuff coming out of ShoWest so let's get to it. First of all, if you ha v en't seen the posters the folks o v er at Latino Review posted then click on any of the posters below to take your ass o v er there to
peep the goodness....
February 16, 2006: 2nd Da Vinci clip:
Katie Couric must be doing an ongoing series chronicling the life of Leonardo Da Vinci because these clips of her discussing Da Vinci keep showing up on MSN.
Fortunately, though, she keeps showing this cool footage from Ron Howard's feature adaptation of...
February 14, 2006: New Da Vinci pics:
Sony just slapped us with some new pics from the upcoming Ron Howard-directed thriller adaptation THE DA VINCI CODE . Some we've seen before but most are new. In fact, I think these are the first couple of pics of Ian McKellen and Jean
Reno as their...
February 8, 2006: Da Vinci Code clip:
Here's the first clip of Ron Howard's adaptation of the Dan Brown's highly controversial but also highly popular THE DA VINCI CODE . It's a segment from the "Today Show" where Katie Couric is
in Milan talking to Ron Howard in LA, who's deep into...
January 27, 2006: Hottie Update!!:
Watching SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT yesterday on AMC, it struck me that there was a time when a large portion of the heterosexual male populace (and a similar faction
of the female persuasion, I'm sure - you know, lesbians) considered Sally Field a bonafide...
January 23, 2006: Da Vinci opens Cannes:
It's expected to be one of the biggest films of 2006 so it should come as no surprise that it will open one of the biggest film festivals. Yup, THE DA VINCI CODE will open up the 2006 Cannes Film Festival on May 17th. The film will screen "Out of Competition"...
January 9, 2006: Da Vinci promo pics:
Update: Thanks to Jude who recently informed us that "Natural Flux" has added one more excellent pic so go check it out!"
Some new promo pics of Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou in THE DA VINCI CODE
have shown up over at "Natural Flux". There's...
January 6, 2006: Top 20 of 2006 2/2:
Top 20 Most Anticipated of 2006
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3
Release Date - May 5th
Trust us when we say that when you start separating Tom Cruise the batshit crazy Scientology lunatic incessantly yapping...
January 5, 2006: Top 20 of 2006 1/2:
Top 20 Most Anticipated of 2006
We're very passionate about our movies so we'll admit, we were intially reticent in accepting 2006 for fear that she would bring only disappointment and failed opportunities. We've been burned too many times so...
January 3, 2006: Hanks does Star Trek?:
"Sci Fi Heaven" recently dropped a rumor that
Tom Hanks may be looking to star in the rumored STAR TREK sequel. The current script making the rounds, titled STAR TREK XI: THE BEGINNING, was written by
Erik Jendresen, who has previously collaborated...
December 20, 2005: Da Vinci pics & report:
For
anyone reading this site who also doesn't subscribe to Newsweek
magazine (there must be at least a dozen of you, right?) and is
interested in reading all about the upcoming Ron Howard/Tom Hanks...
December 14, 2005: Secret Da Vinci site:
A clever sleuth over at Comingsoon.net apparently figured out that at the very end of the trailer for THE
DA VINCI CODE , there's a…wait for it…secret code! According to the scooper, the very end of the trailer where certain letters of the...
December 14, 2005: Da Vinci Code trailer!:
Even were it not based on one of the best-selling books in history, THE DA VINCI CODE would still be one of the biggest films of 2006. Any time you get Tom Hanks together with Ron Howard, you're bound to have box-office success. Add to that the mystery and...
November 11, 2005: Da Vinci Code trailer:
One of the most anticipated films of next year is no doubt Ron Howard's adaptation of Dan Brown's mega bestseller THE DA VINCI CODE . As you may recall, the film stars Tom Hanks as Harvard
symbologist Robert Langdon, who teams up with French...
September 9, 2005: Kong vs. Jesse James:
Some great new pics have come online recently. First up, the Latino Review folks have gotten themselves a first look at Brad Pitt as the legendary Jesse James in the biopic
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD. What is it with Hollywood...
July 5, 2005: Hanks Da Vinci pics:
The folks over at Comingsoon.net have snagged themselves a first look at Tom Hanks in the upcoming feature adaptation of the mega-hit novel THE DA VINCI CODE under director Ron Howard. In it, Hanks plays symbologist Harvard
professor Robert Langdon who's...
May 27, 2005: Bettany joins Da Vinci:
This casting was so obvious (and perfect, I might add) that I can't believe I didn't see it coming a mile away. Paul Bettany has signed on to play the villainous albino Silas in the upcoming DA VINCI CODE movie. The film will reunite Bettany with director Ron...
May 18, 2005: Da Vinci Code trailer!:
Despite the fact that filming won't begin for about another month-and-a-half, Sony Pictures has already released the teaser trailer for their upcoming adaptation of the blockbuster novel THE DA VINCI CODE. The trailer, available in sweet, sweet Quicktime on...
April 20, 2005: Two more join Code:
Two more actors have joined the now talent-packed adaptation of Dan Brown's THE DA VINCI CODE. Alfred Molina and Sir Ian McKellan, two guys who can share war stories about playing Marvel villians, have joined the already cast Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou and Jean...
January 24, 2005: Tautou you:
While many claimed the casting of Jean Reno in THE DA VINCI CODE to be indicative of Hollywood's lack of imagination when it comes to casting foreign roles, I think they'll be pleasantly surprised by the news that Audrey Tautou has joined the cast as Sophie...
December 1, 2004: Da Vinci gets a date:
Columbia Pictures confirmed yesterday, via press release, that Tom Hanks has officially signed on to star in THE DA VINCI CODE and announced a release date of May 19, 2006. It's awful early to be announcing a summer 2006 release but in these times summer real...
November 15, 2004: Hanks breaks Code:
I had kinda just assumed that Russell Crowe starring in Ron Howard's adaptation of THE DA VINCI CODE was just a forgone conclusion seeing as how they're good buds and all. Crowe's was one of the first names attached to the part and I just expected all along that...
May 28, 2004: Da Vinci cast choices?:
Any time you have Tom Hanks, Russell Crowe, George Clooney and Hugh Jackman to choose from as the male lead in your film, you're in good shape. Well that's exactly the situation Ron Howard seems to find himself in with his adaptation of bestselling novel THE DA...
October 2, 2003: Howard to do Da Vinci:
This summer while I was on my little vacation, I knew I need some light reading to help pass the time on the trip. Didn't want anything heavy and a friend suggested THE DA VINCI CODE for some light reading. And what a perfect book it was. I don't mean the book...
