Angels & Demons: Prequel to Da Vinci Code

[FreshPrince]

"Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman is allegedly earning a $4 million dollar paycheck for his adaptation of Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons," which features the character played by Tom Hanks in an adventure that predates what went on in "The Da Vinci Code." Yeah, just like what happened with "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."

From Deadline Hollywood Daily: "Akiva Goldsman, who adapted Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller into a $755.6 mil hit pic, is receiving $4 million for the Da Vinci Code sequel in the works by both Imagine Entertainment and Sony Pictures. Not only is that major moola, but agents are telling me this represents a new $$$ high for hiring a screenwriter (not buying a spec script) -- and not even an original screenplay, but an adaptation of a book. And, no, Goldsman isn't getting a producer credit, so this is for straight scribbling."

RottenTomatoes

yay, can't wait! I wonder if Hanks will play this roll as well?

 

[Fingolfin269]

I hope they do a better job with this one than they did with DaVinci.

 

[dennilfloss]

It's a much darker & scarier novel.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

I really enjoyed the book, I hope the movie doesn't try to soften it up. Like dennilfloss said it is a much darker novel.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
It's a much darker & scarier novel.

i liked it much more than davinci code

 

[chuckywang]

$4M for the dude who wrote Lost in Space?

 

[DaveSimmons]

It's a much better book, I enjoyed A&D but could barely finish reading Da Vinci.

I haven't seen the first movie so I don't know whether to hope for Hanks or not.

 

[tk149]

A&D was a terrible book. Stupidly unbelievable. I read it after reading Da Vinci Code.