Dan Brown Author of the Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Digital Fortress

The Da Vinci Code Film

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Dan Browns best seller the Da Vinci Code is being made into a blockbuster film. There are only a few details around at the moment, here is what we know so far:

  • French actress Audrey Tautou, star of hit film Amelie, will play Sophie Neveu, the female lead.
  • France has allowed the film makers of The Da Vinci Code to shoot in the Louvre Museum, home of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
  • Tom Hanks has been cast in the lead role of the famed symbologist Robert Langdon
  • May 19, 2006 is the been sited as the release date for the film.
  • The Da Vinci Code will be directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman.
  • Filming scheduled to start in May 2005
  • Sony paid $6 million for the movie rights
  • The people behind 24 tried to get the rights for the third season, but were rejected
  • 'Leon' star Jean Reno will play detective Bezu Fache
  • French actress Julie Delpy has been linked with the role of cryptologist Sophie Neveu.