Angels & Demons (2009)

[Carlo Borromeo]

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I'm looking for Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.

Many smart people I know swear that this is the MOTHER of all conspiracy/speculative fiction books.

It's basically three smart guys making up the Mother of All Conspiracy theories, involving the Knights Templar, the Vatican, the Holy Grail - as a joke.

Thing is, it turns out, the conspiracy they arrive at is actually true, and it gets them into a lot of trouble.

It is called a masterful example of intertextuality, since the writer is writing about writers who are writing about the stories of other writers and so on and so forth, which is the book pisses people off, and in real life pisses people off and so on and so forth.

[samokan]

2009?? Â*well they have all the time to think for a cast a director Â*

goodness 3 years of waiting...

[MrBiddle]

Time flies.

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If you want Angels and Demons to have people choking with laughter with their popcorn and beverages, cast

Christopher Lloyd as Leonardo Vetra

and Charlie Sheen as Carmelegno Ventresca.... mura ni'g HOT SHOTS 3 when Sheen will start shouting "On this rock I will build my church!", with his bare upper body outside St. Peter's Basilica.

Seriously now, I maintain Adrien Brody should play the Carmelegno, he can play a man who is steely relaxed, intelligent and with authority.... and we've also seen him play an insane person when the Carmelegno starts going mad in the end...

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[tolstoi]

i wonder if they could film this on the actual site..like St. Peters square, the Vatican library, and the site where St. Peter was buried..i doubt also if they could pass the SWISS guards

[abuot]

if this pushes through,it going to be a hit like the Da Vinci code..but I think this would be as far as it gets..because Dan Brown has a pattern in his stories that readers can easily recognize after reading 2-4 of his novels..

[MrBiddle]

I agree, after Da Vinci, Angels and Demons still floored me, but I don't think DECEPTION POINT will, this time....

They could always take pictures of the inside of the Vatican with their cell-phone cam and composite it with blue-screen or green screen with the aid of ILM, Digital Domain or WETA.

hehehe kungdi, miniatrue or matte paintings.

[MrBiddle]

My preferrati for directors among many who could helm this:

Bryan Singer (Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil)
Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo)
Chris Nolan (Insomnia)
Bill Paxton (Frailty)

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others

David Fincher
Clint Eastwood
John McTiernan
Ridley Scott
James Cameron

[Carlo Borromeo]

Spielberg to Direct "Da Vinci" Prequel?

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/c...entryid=328201

Posted by Scott Weinberg on Friday, May. 26, 2006, 03:15 AM


Scott Weinberg writes: "IGN FilmForce is sharing a particularly juicy piece of unsubstantiated movie gossip that indicates ... Steven Spielberg might be interested in directing Robert Langdon's pre-"Da Vinci" adventure, "Angels & Demons."

Says IGNFF: "In a report attributed to Sky News, the rumor mill is suggesting that Oscar winner Steven Spielberg is being considered by Sony to direct Angels & Demons, based on the novel by Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown.

The Spielberg rumor, though, dates back to February. Spielberg Films wisely pointed out at that time "the fact that DreamWorks is now owned by Paramount and Steven Spielberg is contractually obligated to deliver four to six pictures as director/producer for the parent studio. Spielberg, as always, will continue to play as a free agent, but any projects he collaborates on with other studios will be co-productions with Paramount."

[Carlo Borromeo]

I would personally prefer Guillermo Del Toro, since he's just so ****ing stylish and awesomely so.

[MrBiddle]

After seeing DUEL, JAWS, ... yup Spielbeg can do it