Columbia prepping for third ‘Da Vinci Code’ Film

With less than a month away from the release of ‘Angels & Demons,’ the second film featuring the Robert Langdon character, Columbia Pictures is preparing for a third installment in the series.   ‘The Lost Symbol,’ based on Dan Brown’s new Langdon novel, comes out in bookstores on September 15th, and Columbia is not letting the book go without a feature film companion.

The novel is going to have a first printing of five million copies.   The announcement Brown had finished his manuscript for the novel came today by Sonny Mehta, chairman/editor in chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

“This is a great day for readers and booksellers,† said Mehta.

Here is hoping that ‘The Lost Symbol’ is more ‘Angels & Demons’ than ‘The Da Vinci Code.’   The first story was only decent in book form and came off as boring and overbearing when it was adapted to the screen.   ‘Angels & Demons’ is a much more action-oriented story, and I’m sure it will serve to make a fine feature film.

Source: Variety