Dan Brown Completes Third Novel In "Da Vinci Code" Saga

[JamesG]

Brown Completes Third Langdon Book
20 April 2009 6:30 PM, PDT

Celebrated author Dan Brown has completed the third book in his Da Vinci Code trilogy - a month ahead of the release of movie prequel Angels & Demons.

The Lost Symbol is slated to hit bookstores in September and is set to become one of the year's biggest sellers.

Sony Columbia Pictures movie executives are expected to snap up the rights to the book - and continue the saga's film franchise, in which Tom Hanks plays religious code breaker Robert Langdon.

The third book will have an initial print run of five million copies. The Da Vinci Code is the best-selling hardcover adult novel of all time.

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[JamesG]

Third Da Vinci Code Movie Gets Go-ahead
22 April 2009 5:17 AM, PDT

Fans of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code books will not have to wait long for another movie installment - the author's latest sequel has been green-lighted by film bosses before the novel even hits the shops.

The film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks, was a box office smash in 2006, grossing more than $758 million (£505 million) worldwide.

The prequel, Angels & Demons, is due to hit cinemas in May, while Brown's latest book The Lost Symbol - the follow-up to The Da Vinci Code - is slated for release in September.

And executives at Columbia Pictures, the studio behind the movies, have already given the go-ahead for a film version of the new novel - stepping up negotiations to lock down a deal for Brown's latest work, according to Variety.com.

Angels & Demons will be released on 14 May.

-IMDB News