Oscar-winning screenwriters Akiva Goldsman has been signed to write the film version of Dan Brown's novel, Angels and Demons, which stars symbologist Robert Langdon.
Sony Pictures has signed The Da Vinci Code screenwriter Akiva Goldsman to adapt author Dan Brown's first religious thriller, Angels & Demons. "Code" grossed $231.8 million worldwide in its first five days.
Though development of Angels & Demons is still in the early stages, Variety says the studio's also planning to reassemble The Da Vinci Code producing team of Brian Grazer and John Calley for the project.
No deals are set yet for director Ron Howard or star Tom Hanks to return, but both would have first crack at the project.
"Code" was Brown's second novel centering on Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor who's an expert in religious symbols. "Angels & Demons," published in 2000, introduced the Langdon character.
In "Angels," Langdon's character tries to solve a murder and unravel a plot by an ancient group, the Illuminati, to blow up the Vatican during a papal conclave.
What, you thought the Dan Brown movie frenzy was over? Think again. Of course the big question is: will the Vatican allow any kind of Dan Brown novel of any kind to be filmed in Vatican City, even one in which the bad guys are the Illuminati?
