Angels and Demons Press Conference
ANGELS & DEMONS PROMISES TO DELIVER MORE THAN “DA VINCI CODE”. THE TRAILOR ALREADY HAS 1.2 MILLION HITS ON YOUTUBE . The trailer for Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment’s latest offering, Angels and Demons, already at 1.2 million views on YouTube, promises to deliver more action and story than The Da Vinci Code. With the casting of Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino, and of course none other than Tom Hanks, an apparently high pace delivery, Angels and Demons, based on Dan Brown’s bestselling prequel to Da Vinci Code, the new movie seems set to out perform The Da Vinci Code.
Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon, who once again finds that forces with ancient roots are willing to stop at nothing, even murder, to advance their goals. Ron Howard has directed Angels & Demons & also co-produced it in association with Brian Grazer and John Calley. The screenplay is by David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) will release the film worldwide on May 15, 2009.
“I was of the opinion that there could be some problem with Angels & Demons too, before we began the project, as our The Da Vinci Code has faced a lot of wrath. But our anticipation of fear is coming to an end with the response of people towards the trailers of the film. I am sure that Angels and Demons would interest people more than The Da Vinci Code. We never want to hurt any one’s sentiments, we are just artists and I am sure that people would appreciate the hardwork our team has put in,” Adds Tom Hanks.
When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati – the most powerful underground organization in history – he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization’s most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican’s only hope for survival.
“I appreciate that people quite like the Angels & Demons Promos. I hope that they like the film too. When I read Angels & Demons, I was really engrossed by the idea of the Illuminati,” says Howard, “this four hundred year old secret society, said to include people like Galileo and Bernini. What happened to them? Were they really crushed? Did they really leave us? There are those who believe that the Illuminati have survived as an organization and are with us in secret today, influencing our everyday lives, government policy decisions, and corporate strategies.”
“What’s so great about a Robert Langdon adventure is that it stimulates so much curiosity and research,” Howard continues. “You read the book or see the movie, then you go to the library or on the internet – you want to understand Bernini, Galileo, their relationships with the Vatican, with the art world, with science, and the mystery of the Illuminati. Whether you believe it or not, it’s fascinating stuff, and in Dan Brown’s fertile imagination, it leads to a spellbinding set of clues and a great mystery.”
What terrifying discovery would make the Vatican turn to Robert Langdon, the man who cracked history’s most controversial code? An explosive international thriller, ANGELS & DEMONS careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war…
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