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This movie became the first big-screen casualty of the Hollywood writer's strike in 2007, because Akiva Goldsman 's script still needed work, and he was on strike with the Writers Guild of America. So, production of the movie had to be postponed. The production had to build a scale replica of St. Peter's Square since Vatican officers banned the movie from being filmed in its grounds. Although the novel upon which this film is based is set before the events of the novel The Da Vinci Code, the film has been written as a sequel to follow after events in The Da Vinci Code (2006). Naomi Watts was originally cast as Vittoria. Alfred Molina who played Aringarosa in The Da Vinci Code (2006) did the voice over for this movie's first trailer. Thure Lindhardt was nearly cast as Silas in The Da Vinci Code (2006). Ron Howard liked his audition so much that he offered him the role of Chartrand in this movie.

BREAKING NEWS: Dan Brown's new novel THE LOST SYMBOL To be published September 15, 2009 Click here for more information 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.

A new face in Hollywood, Ayelet Zurer is one of the most acclaimed actresses in Israel. E-mail Picture She plays a strong woman not by showing off superhero skills but by being smart and subtle. By Rachel Abramowitz > > > May 14, 2009 To be a strong woman, one has to know how to kick butt with the high kick of a Vegas dancer, wisecrack menacingly and wriggle seductively with the look-at-me panache of a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. ¶ That would be the wisdom espoused by the Hollywood blockbuster -- movies of the "Charlie's Angels" and "Transformers" variety. ¶ Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer subscribes to a more complicated, multidimensional vision of female strength, which the actress is bringing to her first Hollywood would-be blockbuster, Ron Howard's "Angels & Demons," opening Friday. ¶ The 39-year-old, sometimes re...

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The Westin does Angels & Demons in Rome Come out of hiding, closet Dan Brown fans. Come out of hiding and get thee to The Westin Excelsior in Rome! In conjunction with the release of the new movie of Angels & Demons , The Westin Excelsior Rome (above) has partnered with Sony Pictures to create a lavish Angels & Demons Experience package that will run until early 2010. The Angels & Demons Experience includes: Luxury accommodation in a double room The official Angels & Demons private or group tour 20% off at the hotel's restaurant and bars 20% off the Angels & Demons theme menu at the Doney restaurant Does the music on that website remind anyone else of Flight of the Navigator ? Just checking. "With the movie set primarily in Rome, this is the ideal opportunity to offer movie lovers and others a truly special and unique way to explore the city and get to know some of the movie's original sites," says Mary Goss Robino, Senior Vice President...

Tom Hanks was forced to omit sex scenes his new movie Angels & Demons - because there just wasn't any time for "smooching" in the action-packed film. Hanks stars as Harvard professor Robert Langdon who investigates the murder of a physicist and a terrorist act against the Vatican by a secret brotherhood. But moviemakers had to downplay the blossoming romance between Hanks' character and his female companion, played by Ayelet Zurer . And the actor is disappointed he didn't get to kiss his pretty co-star. He tells Parade magazine, "We really don't have time to make out or go to bed when Cardinals are being killed on the hour. We tried to work it into the screenplay over and over again. We were like, 'Isn't there a bigger car with a bigger backseat?' "But we were stuck with an Alfa Romeo so we didn't have an opportunity to grab some smooching on the way to the Pantheon or the Piazza Del Poppolo. It's my loss, but I think it d...

Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou in The Da Vinci Code. The Vatican said Dan Brown 's work wounded religious feelings The Vatican has banned the makers of a prequel to The Da Vinci Code from filming in its grounds or any church in Rome, describing the work as “an offence against God”. “It would be unacceptable to transform churches into film sets so that his blasphemous novels can be made into films in the name of business,” he said, adding that Brown’s work “wounds common religious feelings”. The Vatican could be gearing up for an official call for a boycott of "Angels & Demons," Ron Howard's big-budget follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code." The Turin daily La Stampa, meanwhile, said the Vatican soon will call for a boycott of the film, though the same article also quoted Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, who warned against a "boomerang effect" that could call attention to the film and eventually make it more popular. Scores o...

U.S. actor Tom Hanks, left, Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer, centre, and British actor Ewan McGregor arrive for the world premiere of Angels and Demons in Rome on Monday. (Andrew Medichini/The Associated Press) The Vatican appears to be changing its approach to Dan Brown's thrillers. While it launched numerous critiques of The Da Vinci Code and banned filming in Vatican City for Ron Howard's film version, it has been quiet until recently on the related film Angels & Demons. The Da Vinci Code raised the church's ire because it postulated that Mary Magdalene and Jesus were married and had children, but the Vatican has not issued pronouncements about Angels & Demons, despite a story line about a murderous secret society within the church. Angels & Demons portrays symbologist Robert Langdon, played by Tom Hanks, seeking to solve the kidnapping of a group of church cardinals at the hands of the bizarre cult. On Wednesday the Vatican newspap...