Hanks will be Robert Langdon in The DaVinci Code
Tom Hanks as Langdon in The DaVinci Code
I cannot imagine a better choice for playing the swimmer-gone professor
who has the ability to think like the most sophisticated robot. However,
Hanks has put on a few extra pounds as he has gotten older and should need
to shed some off before becoming Langdon. Professor Langdon is detailed
as a slim, but cut, ex-swimmer. If you have seen Terminal, you
know that Hanks has not been this for some time. Besides bodily features,
Hanks ability to convey emotion and a 'thought-process' on screen will be
his real strength to creating Langdon in The DaVinci Code. If that is not
enough, guess who is producing and directing?
The producer behind the upcoming book-to-film adaptation, The DaVinci
Code, is Brian Grazer. Grazer is responsable for films [in no particular
order] such as Intolerable Cruelty [which I loved], Liar Liar,
Ransom, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Apollo 13,
Backdraft, Kindergarten Cop, Parenthood, Splash
[where Hanks really began to shine], and Spies Like Us. Quite an
impressive portfolio, and this is only naming a small segment of the films
made by Grazer.
Ron Howard Will be Directing The DaVinci Code
I just thought this sort of detail deserved its own header. The worst thing
that can happen is that the production crew and cast create a horrible film
that is not even close to the mark set down by the novel. However, Hanks,
Grazer, and Howard represent a group that will not let this happen. Anybody
remember the great books by Crichton called Sphere and Timeline?
The books rocked while the movies looked like no one on set had even bothered
to read the books. Well, The DaVinci Code is a great, well thought
out story that deserves the best behind its film adaptation; even though
I always thought Brown's other Langdon story, Angels & Demons
was better than DaVinci Code.
The DaVinci Code does not have a release date as of yet. Stay tuned. |
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