The Da Vinci Code project would see them reteam, but not before Howard had sounded out the late Bill Paxton about taking on the lead role. A feature film was thus pursued, and in came Sony.ĭirector Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks had memorably come together for 1995’s Oscar-nominated Apollo 13. The original reports suggested a plan to based a season of the show 24 around the book, but Dan Brown wasn’t keen on that. Never ones to be swayed by the whims of critical feedback (cough), a bidding war took place for the rights to make The Da Vinci Code movie, and it cost Sony Pictures $6m before a syllable of a screenplay had been written. Unsurprisingly, then, the story attracted the interest of Hollywood. Try three issues of Film Stories magazine – for just £1: right here!įive books have been published thus far charting the adventures of the fictional Harvard university professor.
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