Dan Browns: The Lost Symbol (2013)

[SFI]

While Columbia Pictures is prepping for the May 15 release of Ron Howard’s Tom Hanks starrer "Angels and Demons," the studio will move quickly on the third pic in the franchise.
Author Dan Brown has announced that his next installment in the "Da Vinci Code" series will be "The Lost Symbol," which Doubleday will publish in the U.S. and Canada on Sept. 15. The first print run will be a whopping 5 million copies. Much more than that will be needed if the sales of "Angels and Demons" and "Da Vinci Code" are anything to go by.
"Angels and Demons" has sold 39 million copies to date, and that number is certain to go up following the book’s recent reemergence on the New York Times bestseller list in anticipation of the film’s release. Those sales lag behind "The Da Vinci Code," whose 81 million copies sold puts it behind the Bible but not much else.
Sources said Brown has completed his manuscript. Sony has the rights to the Robert Langdon character, which gives the studio the right to negotiate a deal for the new title. The studio will be bullish. "The Da Vinci Code" grossed $758 million worldwide in 2006, and Columbia has high hopes for the sequel produced by Imagine topper Brian Grazer and John Calley. Brown is exec producer.
The announcement was made by Sonny Mehta, chairman and editor-in-chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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[The Punisher]

Noch nicht mal erschienen sichern die sich schon die Filmrechte . Sollen lieber mal die Vorgängerromane von Brown verfilmen, die haben nämlich auch Potenzial zu guten Filmen

[C4rter]

Der Da Vinci Code hatte ja schon Potential und wurde ein riesen Reinfall

[LivingDead]

Also "Da Vinci Code" fand ich nicht übel. Vor allem, da man sich als Kenner der Buchvorlage besser in den Film finden kann, da sich dieser (bis auf den Schluss) recht nah an die Vorlage hält. Trotzdem denke ich, dass "Illuminati" als Film besser funktioniert, denn schon das Buch liest sich eher wie eine bessere Folge von "24". Da steckt wesentlich mehr Drive drin...
Was die restlichen Bücher Browns angeht... nunja, ich bin da eher weniger ein Fan von, da sich die Bücher sprachlich und im Aufbau ziemlich ähneln und stets nach den gleichen Mustern verlaufen. Vor allem "Diabolus" ist m.E. ziemlich schwach. Die Langdon-Romane sind da immer noch die Highlights, wenn auch nicht perfekt.

[SFI]

Columbia Pictures is moving forward with "The Lost Symbol" -- the third pic in the "Da Vinci Code" franchise -- and has tapped British scribe Steven Knight to adapt.
Based on the Dan Brown thriller of the same name, "Lost Symbol" finds protag Robert Langdon summoned to Washington, D.C., where he begins decoding the symbols of the Freemasons.

Tom Hanks, who played Langdon in "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons," has not yet committed to reprise the role, though he is expected to. Imagine topper Brian Grazer and John Calley have signed on to produce the latest installment.

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[SFI]

Danny Strong, who wrote the Jay Roach-directed HBO films Recount and the upcoming Sarah Palin pic Game Change, is stepping up to features. Sony Pictures has set him to write The Lost Symbol, Sony’s third installment of the Dan Brown-penned thrillers focusing on symbologist Robert Langdon. The expectation is that the film will be directed by Mark Romanek after Ron Howard opted out of directing the third film, with Howard producing with Imagine partner Brian Grazer after he helmed the blockbusters The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. Grazer produced the first two films in the series with the late John Calley.

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