The book’s diminished legacy can arguably be attributed to a number of factors (it has faced intense criticism for its historical inaccuracies and its fast-and-loose representation of Christian theology, among other things), but the shortcomings of The Da Vinci Code can be boiled down to a single criticism: it’s a snoozefest, the absolute worst thing a mystery thriller can be.
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Moreover, the movie faded into obscurity almost immediately, despite the global success of Brown’s novel. Throwing enough big names into the production and hoping it all came together in the end definitely got them their money’s worth (the movie grossed well over half a billion dollars), but critics weren’t particularly kind to it. The producers of The Da Vinci Code seemingly approached the adaptation under the impression that altering even one word of the dizzyingly popular source novel would jeopardize the film’s box office receipts. But Goldsman’s script slavishly preserves Brown’s source material to the point of crafting a mystery thriller overstuffed with stretches of pseudo-historical exposition that are exciting to read in a beach novel but make for an interminably dull movie. Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard from a screenplay by blockbuster veteran Akiva Goldsman, the movie seemed like a recipe for a surefire hit. Released 15 years ago this month, the 2006 film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code is brimming with talent, including an all-star cast featuring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, and Alfred Molina. To give you an idea of its pop culture saturation, the only book that outsold it in 2003 was the fifth Harry Potter novel. Selling over 80 million copies translated into dozens of different languages, the book was almost impossible to avoid.
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The first Robert Langdon novel, Angels & Demons, was published in 2000, but it was 2003’s The Da Vinci Code and the movie of the same name that really catapulted the series to fame.ĭan Brown’s The Lost Symbol will stream soon on Peacock.The Da Vinci Code, the bestselling treasure-hunting mystery thriller by Dan Brown, was a legitimate phenomenon. It looks like the show will do a similar thing, except he’s younger and hotter now, because, why not! Brown does spend an awful lot of time in each Robert Langdon book reminding his readers about how fit and handsome the symbologist is. and uncovering secrets about the freemasons. The book follows Langdon trekking through Washington D.C. The show is based on the third book of the Robert Langdon series, though it turns the story into a prequel. It’s been a hot second since the last Robert Langdon book got turned into a movie, which was 2016’s Inferno (based on the 2013 book of the same name). Except, this time he’s not played by Tom Hanks, but instead by Ashley Zukerman ( Succession). The Da Vinci Code hero of Dan Brown’s novels is back in the first teaser for a Peacock prequel series. For all you Robert Langdon stans out there waiting for your next fix of the Harvard professor turned dashing action hero, you’re in luck.