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Doubleday unveils jacket for Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol'

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Following much speculation about the content of the eagerly awaited new novel from phenomenal bestselling author Dan Brown, Doubleday today released the North American jacket of The Lost Symbol which will be published on September 15th.

For the first time, fans worldwide will discover the setting for the action and key themes from the forthcoming thriller. "Dan's new novel is largely set in Washington, D.C., though it's a Washington few will recognize," said Jason Kaufman, Brown's longtime editor. "As we would expect, he pulls back the veil-- revealing an unseen world of mysticism, secret societies, and hidden locations, with a stunning twist that long predates America."

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Angels & Demons Poised for Unholy Success

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Some religious groups consider them the unholy trinity, but to the film industry, author Dan Brown, director Ron Howard, and headliner Tom Hanks are the golden trio with the box-office Midas touch.

The triumvirate confirmed that lofty status in 2006 with Howard’s loyal movie rendition of Brown’s bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code, featuring Hanks as the code-cracking professor Robert Langdon. Despite poor reviews and major protests from the powerful Catholic Church, among others, the film went on to earn a whopping $758 million US worldwide.

The three have dared return with another Langdon thriller called Angels & Demons, which opens Friday and is poised for a repeat draw of what The Da Vinci Code attracted previously: lots of film fans and controversy.

"...I didn’t expect as much controversy as we had with The Da Vinci Code," said Howard in New York last November during promotional interviews for his low budget, Oscar-honoured Frost/Nixon. "Angels & Demons is not meant to be anti anything, but a straight-ahead, ticking-bomb thriller..."

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Canada.com
By: Bob Thompson

Angels & Demons gifts up for grabs

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

The team behind the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code returns for the highly anticipated Angels & Demons, based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Director, Ron Howard returns and Tom Hanks reprises his role as the Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon.

In anticipation of the movie release on May 14, Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) will offer movie buffs an opportunity to win limited edition movie premiums and movie passes.

Just log-on to www.gsc.com.my from now to May 31 and translate the Italian words provided, which also happens to be a movie title, into English. Then, explain whether you would like to be in the role of an angel or a demon in the most creative manner (within 15 words) to be in the running for the top prizes.

The entry with the all-correct answer and the most creative/original slogan will be rewarded one set of limited edition Angels & Demons Illuminati T-shirts (2 in 1), out of the 30 sets available in Malaysia!

Besides the grand prize, there are also other prizes including Angels & Demons duo packed T-shirts, luggage lock, necklace, ambigram tattoos and GSC movie passe

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Vatican's P.R. strategy against 'Angels and Demons' is to not have one

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Controversy, if nothing else, sells newspapers and movie tickets.

It worked with Ron Howard's first film adaptation of a Dan Brown novel, 2006's "The Da Vinci Code," and Hollywood is hoping it will work again for their second collaboration, "Angels and Demons," which opens nationwide on May 15.

Howard recently stoked the fires with a terse op-ed in the Huffington Post, responding to calls for a boycott of the film by Catholic League President Bill Donohue.

"Let me be clear: neither I nor 'Angels & Demons' are anti-Catholic," Howard wrote. "And let me be a little controversial: I believe Catholics, including most in the hierarchy of the Church, will enjoy the movie for what it is: an exciting mystery, set in the awe-inspiring beauty of Rome."

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Dan Brown completes The Lost Symbol just before Angels & Demons theatrical release

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:15:24 PDT

The Lost Symbol

D a Vinci Code author Dan Brown has just completed his latest Robert Langdon adventure entitled The Lost Symbol. Scheduled for release in September, and sure to be the biggest seller of the year, Columbia has already got the movie adaptation in the works.

“This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey,” a statement released by the author said on Monday.

'Angels & Demons' hits theatres May 15

This prequel teams up once again director-writer duo, Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman. Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon and is supported by Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino and Armin Mueller-Stahl among others.