Angels & Demons is an upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel of the same name, due for release on May 15, 2009. It is the sequel to The Da Vinci Code (2006), another Brown film adaptation, although the novel Angels & Demons takes place before the novel The Da Vinci Code. Filming took place in Rome and the Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. Tom Hanks reprises the lead role of Robert Langdon, while director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman also returned.
Plot: Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is summoned by Vatican City to investigate a murder victim, branded with the Illuminati ambigram, leading him to discover the secret society’s scheme to murder four cardinals and destroy St. Peter’s Basilica, during a papal conclave, using antimatter.
Cast
* Tom Hanks reprises his role as Professor Robert Langdon
* Ayelet Zurer plays Vittoria Vetra
* Ewan McGregor plays the Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
* Stellan Skarsgard plays Commander Richter
* Pierfrancesco Favino plays Inspector Ernesto Olivetti.
* Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Mr. Gray, an assassin.
* Armin Mueller-Stahl as Cardinal Strauss.
