DA VINCI CODE Film News!

By Charley May 28, 2004 9:22 AM

The controversial bestseller by Dan Brown is slated to become a movie with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Akiva Goldsman at the helm. ?Actors who may star include Tom Hanks, George Clooney, and Russell Crowe.

Dan Brown's book centers on the Catholic Church's conspiracy to be rich, powerful, and unstoppable. ?Though much of the story is grounded in fact, it is widely acknowledged that Brown took creative license with the most sexy aspects of the book--the Da Vinci paintings' secret messages, for one.

That creative license has the potential to make for great cinema, however. ?With the right adaptation and crew making the movie, perhaps it can enjoy as much success as the book it is designed after. ?Howard, Grazer, and Goldsman are the producer, director, and screenwriter (respectively) from "A Beautiful Mind," the Oscar-winning movie about a brilliant but awkward cryptographer.

"The Da Vinci Code" should be familiar subject matter. ?Its main character is a brilliant symbologist who also knows his way around cryptography, but in a more "Indiana Jones" way. ?It's a good thing, too. ?That crazy Catholic Church will use any methods they can to stop the truth from being told--including using codes! ?Also deception and murder. ?But the story is only fiction, right? ?Right?

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Good Book   reply

Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on May 28, 2004 11:59 AM

That book was fascinating for everything that drew upon non-fiction elements. It was also a lot of fun, just like reading Jurassic park and thinking of how cool the inevitable movie adapation will turn out.

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on May 28, 2004 12:04 PM

Ha ha! The ever so evasive sKillbot speaks! I've heard The Da Vinci Code was a good book but I am simply too illiterate to read.

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Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on May 28, 2004 1:02 PM

Working hard to become less evasive :) I've been fervently training my execution skills while prioritizing my stockpile of ideas.

And to top that, I just opened a fortune cookie that said, "It is very possible that you will achieve greatness in your lifetime."

!!!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 29, 2004 6:46 PM

Yea I got that one too.