Angels & Demons (film)

Infobox Film
name = Angels and Demons


caption = Teaser Poster
director = Ron Howard
producer = Brian Grazer
writer = Screenplay:
Akiva Goldsman
Novel:
Dan Brown
starring = Tom Hanks
Ayelet Zurer
Ewan McGregor
music = Hans Zimmer
cinematography = Salvatore Totino
editing =
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = May 15, 2009
runtime =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "The Da Vinci Code"
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:381322
imdb_id = 0808151

"Angels & Demons" is an upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel of the same name, due for release on May 15, 2009. The film stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, a role he played in "The Da Vinci Code", another Brown film adaptation. "The Da Vinci Code" director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman also return, and filming is taking place in Rome and the Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.

Premise

Robert Langdon is summoned by CERN to investigate a murder victim, branded with the Illuminati ambigram, leading him to discover the cult's scheme to murder four cardinals and destroy St. Peter's Basilica during a papal conclave using antimatter.

Cast

*Tom Hanks plays Professor Robert Langdon, a Harvard University professor of symbology.
*Ayelet Zurer plays Vittoria Vetra, a CERN scientist who experiments with containing antimatter, which is stolen by the Illuminati to be used as a bomb.cite news | author = Tatiana Siegel | title = Ewan McGregor eyes 'Demons' role | work = Variety | date = 2008-04-24 | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984568.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | accessdate=2008-04-25]
*Ewan McGregor plays the Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca.
*Pierfrancesco Favino plays Commander Olivetti, head of the Swiss Guard. [it iconcite web|author=|url=http://www.badtaste.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4039&Itemid=159|title=Angeli e Demoni: primi video dal set di Roma|publisher=Bad Taste|date=2008-06-06|accessdate=2008-06-29]
*Stellan Skarsgård in an unnamed role. [cite news|author=Elisabetta Povoledo|title=Dan Brown Tourists: Next Stop, Rome?|work=The New York Times|date=2008-06-24|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/movies/24ange.html?ref=movies|accessdate=2008-08-26]

Production

In 2003, Sony acquired the movie rights to "Angels & Demons" along with "The Da Vinci Code" in a deal with author Dan Brown. In May 2006, following the film release of the film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code", Sony hired screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code", to adapt "Angels and Demons". [cite news | author=Michael Fleming | url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=story&dept=cannes&nav=NCannes&articleid=VR1117943968&cs=1 | title=Brown's 'Angels' flies to bigscreen | work=Variety | date=2006-05-23 | accessdate=2006-12-20 ] Filming was originally to begin in February 2008 for a December 2008 release, [cite news | author = Michael Fleming | title = Howard moves fast with 'Code' sequel | work = Variety | date = 2007-10-24 | url = http://www.variety.com/VR1117974685.html | accessdate=2007-10-27] but because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, production was pushed back for a May 15, 2009 release. [cite news | author = Tatiana Siegel | title = 'Da Vinci' prequel hit by strike | work = Variety | date = 2007-11-16 | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976189.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | accessdate=2007-11-17] Shooting began on June 5, 2008 in Rome. The filmmakers scheduled three weeks of exterior location filming because of a predicted 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike on June 30. The rest of the film would be shot at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, California, to allow for this halt. [cite news | author = Pamela McClintock, Michael Fleming | title = Film greenlights in limbo | work = Variety | date = 2008-02-27 | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981560.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | accessdate=2008-02-28] Additionally, Roman Catholic Church officials found "The Da Vinci Code" offensive, so the filmmakers were unable to shoot within any of Rome's churches, including the Santa Maria del Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria. The Caserta Palace doubled for the inside of the Vatican, [cite news | author = Malcolm Moore | title = Vatican bans 'godless' Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons from Rome churches | work = The Daily Telegraph | date = 2008-06-16 | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2139472/Vatican-bans-'godless'-Da-Vinci-Code-sequel-Angels-andamp-Demons-from-Rome-churches.html | accessdate=2008-06-16] while full-scale replicas of portions of various churches were built at Sony. [cite news|author=Anita Singh|title=Vatican City is rebuilt in California for Tom Hanks Da Vinci Code sequel|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2008-07-30|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2470469/Vatican-City-is-rebuilt-in-California-for-Tom-Hanks-Da-Vinci-Code-sequel.html|accessdate=2008-07-30] The Biblioteca Angelica was used for the Vatican Library. [cite news|title=ET on the top secret 'Angels & Demons' set!|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=2008-09-09|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/65273/|accessdate=2008-09-13] "CBS News" interviewed a priest working in Santa Susanna, who stated the Church did not also want their churches to be associated with scenes of murder. A tour guide also stated most priests do not object to tourists who visit out of interest after reading the book, a trend which will continue after people see the film. "I think they are aware that it's, you know, a work of fiction and that it's bringing people into their churches." [cite news | title = Fans Line Up For "Angels & Demons" Tours | work = CBS News | date = 2008-06-19 | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/19/earlyshow/leisure/boxoffice/main4193975.shtml | accessdate=2008-06-19]

The second unit took photographs of the Large Hadron Collider for visual effects shots of the facility. Ron Howard also met with CERN to make the film more scientifically accurate. [cite news |url=http://atlas-service-enews.web.cern.ch/atlas-service-enews/news/news_angelphoto.php |title=ATLAS gets the Hollywood treatment |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work=ATLAS e-News |publisher=CERN |date=2008-06-02 |author=Ceri Perkins] Filming also took place at the University of California, Los Angeles in July 2008. [cite news|title=ANGELS AND DEMONS was Filming Today at UCLA in Los Angeles|work=Collider|date=2008-07-10|url=http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news/article.asp/aid/8439/tcid/1|accessdate=2008-09-13]

References

External links

*" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808151/ Angels & Demons] " at the Internet Movie Database
*" [http://www.angelsanddemons.com/ Official Website] " Official Website/Sony Pictures