Cash Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Hanks Cracks 'Da Vinci' Cast By Gregg Kilday LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tom Hanks (news) is expected to step into the scholarly shoes of Robert Langdon, the professor who unravels the mystery of the Holy Grail in the film version of Dan Brown's phenomenally successful novel "The Da Vinci Code." Hanks has emerged as director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer's top choice for the lead role in the film, which Columbia Pictures hopes to begin shooting next year. And talks have begun for the actor to join the project. "Tom is an exciting actor to watch thinking," Howard was quoted as saying in the latest issue of Newsweek. "We probably don't need his status from a box office standpoint, but he gives Langdon instant legitimacy." Hanks, who currently can be seen onscreen in animated form in Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Polar Express," previously worked with Howard in 1995's "Apollo 13" and 1984's "Splash." Howard is currently completing work on "The Cinderella Man," a boxing drama starring Russell Crowe (news), which Universal Pictures will release in the summer. Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the screenplay for Howard's "A Beautiful Mind," is working on the screen adaptation of Brown's Doubleday novel, which has spent 86 weeks on the New York Times' hardcover fiction best-seller list. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Source: Yahoo Good choice says I. What are everyone's thoughts about them adapting this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 I still have to read this book (I'm waiting for it to hit paperback, 'cause I'm a cheap bastard), so I have no comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Edge Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Yoda - it's been in paperback, for, like, ever. Try ordering from amazon.co.uk It could be a difficult book to turn into a movie, without it becoming 'Indiana Jones Lite' - since so much of the book is cerbral, that's not very visual. I don't want to watch people looking at stuff for ages, and I can't see how Ron Howard, who is the definition of workmanlike, is going to be able to make that element of the books exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 How'd I miss that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted November 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 How'd I miss that? Old age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 Hmmm... let's see now... Admin CP/Users and Groups/Edit User/Enter part or all of the usersname ("Cash Melville")/Change Name/New Members Name ("REM sucks"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted November 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 I legit laughed out loud when I read it. I'll admit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 (edited) Well... I think you learned your lesson, young man. It's fixed once more. On topic: I think I never noticed because the hardcover is always prominently displayed at every book store. Edited November 17, 2004 by Master Yoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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