immortal_zeus

If you haven't read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown yet, I highly recommend you do so. It's a great book, as is the first book with the Robert Langdon character, Angels & Demons.

So for those of you who have read the book(s), who would you cast?

The Da Vinci Code
Robert Langdon -
Sophie -
Teabing -
Captain Fache -
Remy -

Angels & Demons

Langdon (should be the same actor since this will probably be a franchise)
Vittoria -
Camerlengo Ventresca -
Olivetti -
Maximilian Kohler -
Hassassin (can't remember what his name was) -


To be honest, I read the books a few months ago and don't remember all of the main characters. I think these are the major players, though.

Feel free to write in others I have forgotten.

Oh yeah, keep in mind that Robert Langdon is supposed to be late 30s, early 40s (IIRC), so please don't say Harrison Ford! Besides, he's already been Indiana Jones.

Kal-El

The Da Vinci Code
Robert Langdon - don't know yet
Sophie - Sophie Marceau?
Teabing -
Captain Fache -
Remy -

Angels & Demons

Langdon (should be the same actor since this will probably be a franchise)
Vittoria - Monica Belucci
Camerlengo Ventresca -
Olivetti -
Maximilian Kohler -
Hassassin (can't remember what his name was) -

I'll work on the others.

Samuel

The Da Vinci Code
Robert Langdon - Bill Paxton
Sophie - Sophie Marceau
Teabing -
Captain Fache - Brian Cox?
Remy - Geoffrey Rush?
Manuel Aringarosa - Ian Holm
Silas -Bill Moseley (Otis of House of 1000 Corpses)


I haven't read Angels and Demons yet.

Geofferson

The Da Vinci Code
Robert Langdon - Campbell Scott, Guy Pearce or Bill Pullman
Sophie - Sophie Marceau
Teabing - Ian Holm
Captain Fache - David Morse
Remy - ?

Angels & Demons

Langdon - see above
Vittoria - Monica Belucci
Camerlengo Ventresca - Sean Penn
Olivetti - ?
Maximilian Kohler - Brian Cox
Hassassin - ?

Kal-El

Good call on Penn for the Camerlengo and Brian Cox for Kohler.

immortal_zeus

Wow, everybody seems to think Sophie Marceau for Sophie. I can't remember for sure, but I recall reading something in the book which made me think that Marceau wouldn't work.

I had to look up who Brian Cox was in IMDB because I kept thinking of the football player. Apparently, I've seen a lot of his movies, though, from looking at his filmography on IMDB.

immortal_zeus

Apparently there aren't too many people here who read.

The Antipodean

Having just finished the book, I kept seeing Alec Baldwin as Langdon actually, and didn't really have anybody set in mind for Sophie, but if I had to pick, I'd say someone like a younger Catherine Deneuve would be perfect. Sophie Marceau's been terrible in every movie I've seen her in so I wouldn't pick her.

immortal_zeus

I just heard on Entertainment Tonight that Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are producing the movie.

devilshalo

Sony cracks 'Da Vinci Code'
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Goldsman to adapt novel, Howard to helm
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By NICOLE LAPORTE
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Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Akiva Goldsman -- the Oscar-winning triumvirate from "A Beautiful Mind" -- are reteaming to make "The Da Vinci Code" for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Pic will likely mark Sony Pictures chairman-CEO John Calley's first producing stint in his post-chieftan life when he gives up his studio duties this fall.

Goldsman will adapt the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Grazer, Howard's Imagine Entertainment partner, will produce alongside Calley.

Pic will be Howard's next after the Russell Crowe starrer "Cinderella Man," also produced by Grazer and written by Goldsman.

Rights to "Code" and other books in Brown's series were bought by Columbia Pictures in June in a deal estimated to be north of $6 million.

Tome, which concerns clues embedded in paintings by Leonardo da Vinci that unlock secrets that cut to the core of Christianity, had been much sought after by producers since it became a publishing phenom last spring. It has been on the national bestseller list for 26 weeks, much of that time at No. 1.

Howard recently completed directing "The Missing" for Sony, Revolution and Imagine; pic will be released Nov. 19. He also has a producer credit on Imagine/Touchstone's upcoming "The Alamo," which bows Christmas day.

Goldsman wrote the screenplay for 20th Century Fox's "I, Robot," due for release next summer.

Grazer is producing several pics currently in production, including "The Incredible Shrinking Man" and "Fun With Dick and Jane," both for Sony and Imagine.

Kal-El

I dunno about this. I don't think Ron Howard is the best choice to handle this movie...

immortal_zeus

I think he can do a good job. Have some faith! Who would you like to see at the helm?

Kal-El

Well, I honestly don't have anybody in mind. I do know that Ron Howard's name wouldn't have been among the first who'd come to my mind. We'll see, this is all book-fan talk anyway...hehehe.

Samuel

Cool news, I can't wait to see who they cast.