The book "The Da Vinci Code" is being made into a movie...

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...to be released May 2006

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'Da Vinci Code' to be shot inside Louvre
Friday, January 21, 2005 Posted: 7:39 AM EST (1239 GMT)


PARIS, France (Reuters) -- France will allow U.S. film director Ron Howard to shoot scenes in the famed Louvre museum for a film adaptation of the worldwide bestseller "The Da Vinci Code," the Culture Ministry said on Friday.

The movie version of Dan Brown's thriller will feature Tom Hanks as Professor Robert Langdon and is scheduled to start shooting in May, according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Web site.

Asked about plans to shoot in the Louvre in summer, a spokesman for the Culture Ministry said: "Yes, it is scheduled to go ahead. There is no problem."

A production team has already visited the Louvre to select locations in its Grand Gallery, where the opening of the novel is set, according to the daily newspaper Le Parisien. Officials at the Louvre were not immediately available for comment.

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[alittlelark]

1. The Fundies are gonna flip out !!!

My mom considers the book to be demonic.

[Mabus]

3. Not to mention O'Really's boycott

still isn't working.

[alittlelark]

6. O'(W)retchedly's influence is highly overrated.

[Mabus]

11. only by him

and the delusional staffs at Fox News and the White House.

[DrWeird]

4. They'll probably dumb it down.

Just for that reason.

[elehhhhna]

9. Good! I like it better already.

TDV was possibly the most poorly written popuar novel in years!

[neoteric lefty]

2. I really liked the book myself

I hadn't read it until about 2 months ago while I was very sick. Great little mystery, though with some cliches, was very entertaining. I really think this story lends itself to be a pretty good film, with the right people working on it.

I'm sure that some on the far Christian right will be picketing this like everything else they picket, like Spongebob Squarepants.

[alittlelark]

7. It is perfect for film... takes place over weeks - not years

and is WAY fast-paced.

[deadparrot]

5. Audrey Tautou will play Sophie.

I read it, and like it, if for no other reason than the fact that it pisses the fundies off. It's an entertaining little read, I've gotta say.

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[elehhhhna]

10. "Overrated book to be filmed starring overrated actor"

Tom Hanks? Please?