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"ANGELS & DEMONS" ("The Da Vinci Code" prequel)
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"ANGELS & DEMONS" ("The Da Vinci Code" prequel)
Vatican City is rebuilt in California for Tom Hanks Da Vinci Code prequel

September 7th, 2008

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^{When faced with complete refusal by the Vatican to permit filming within their grounds,
the directors had little choice Photo: CARRILLO / PACIFICCOASTNEWS.COM}

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^{Slim Khezri played a Homeless Gypsy in a few key scenes in Rome/ Italy (shoot took place on Hollywood Park/ Inglewood, CA.) in Ron Howard's 2nd Dan Brown film adaptation and Columbia Pictures "ANGELS & DEMONS" [ Illuminati], (prequel to "The Da Vinci Code" - 2006), Produced by Brian Grazer featuring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård and Ayelet Zurer.

It is the set for Tom Hanks blockbuster Angels and Demons, the sequel to The Da Vinci Code.

The original book by Dan Brown so infuriated the Catholic Church that the Vatican banned director Ron Howard from filming there.

As a result, Howard and his cast have been forced to relocate to Los Angeles, where set designers are painstakingly recreating a scale model of the Vatican.

The film is set in Rome and two key locations are the churches of Santa Maria del Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria. The makers were denied entry to both.

Now Howard is hoping that audiences will not be able to spot the real from the fake when Angels and Demons is released next year. They have also used the former Royal Palace at Caserta, near Naples, as a double for the Vatican interior.

The film sees Hanks reprise his role as Harvard professor Robert Langdon. This time he is on a mission to save the Vatican from destruction

Declaring the ban, Father Marco Fibbi, a Vatican spokesman, said: "Usually we read the script but in this case it wasn't necessary. Just the name Dan Brown was enough. Angels and Demons peddles a type of fantasy that damages our common religious beliefs, just like The Da Vinci Code did."

The Catholic Church previously described The Da Vinci Code as "a pot pourri of nonsense, a phantasmagorical thingytail of inventions".

Angels and Demons co-stars Ewan McGregor and Stellan Skarsgard.

During shooting in Rome earlier this year, Hanks won widespread admiration when he halted filming to escort a passing bride to her wedding at the Pantheon.}

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^{FORGET Mulder and Scully, TOM HANKS is on hand to unveil the real mystery.

And if these snaps are anything to go by, The Da Vinci Code prequel looks set to be a scorcher.

Mega A-lister Tom will reprise his role as Robert Langdon in the hotly-anticipated Angels and Demons.

Director RON HOWARD has had a portion of the Vatican rebuilt to scale in order to film scenes.

The Vatican banned filmmakers from shooting on its grounds or in any church in Rome, describing the work as "an offence against God".

But judging by the grandeur of the set, the behind-the-scenes team are doing a realistic and impressive job.

The story tells the tale of a Harvard symbologist who must solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

Angels and Demons is due out in May 09.}

^{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2470469/Vatican-City-is-rebuilt-in-California-for-Tom-Hanks -Da-Vinci-Code-sequel.html

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/article1483942.ece}

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Re: "ANGELS & DEMONS" ("The Da Vinci Code" preque
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"ANGELS & DEMONS" ("The Da Vinci Code" prequel)

July 19th, 2008

Breaking News: EWAN MCGREGOR DISCUSSES 'ANGELS & DEMONS'

^{Ewan McGregor was able to reveal some details about Ron Howard's upcoming THE DA VINCI CODE prequel ANGELS & DEMONS that begins shooting again shortly.

"I went over to Italy to do a couple days filming on ANGELS AND DEMONS ... and I'm about to start my work properly on it over the [next] six or seven weeks here in L.A.," says McGregor. "I've enjoyed working with all of those people."

In ANGELS AND DEMONS, McGregor plays Carlo Ventresca opposite Tom Hanks, who returns as Robert Langdon.

"I play the Camerlengo, the Pope's right-hand man -- his assistant," explains McGregor. And the Pope has died, therefore, [it's] what happens to the Camerlengo between the time of the Pope's death and the next Pope. Basically after one Pope dies and before the next one is made Pope, there's a period of time in there where the Camerlengo is in charge of the Vatican and that's who I play."

SLIM K (playing a Homeless Gypsy) IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS PROJECT SINCE JULY 10TH, 2008 AND FILMING ARE SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE UNTIL JULY 23RD, ON SET AS WELL WORKING ARE Director Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård and Ayelet Zurer. !!!}

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"ANGELS & DEMONS" ("The Da Vinci Code" prequel)

July 4th, 2008

Slim Khezri is confirmed to play a Homeless Gypsy in a key scene in Rome/ Italy in Ron Howard's 2nd Dan Brown film adaptation and Columbia Pictures "ANGELS & DEMONS" [ Illuminati], (prequel to "The Da Vinci Code" - 2006), Produced by Brian Grazer featuring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård and Ayelet Zurer.

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Angels & Demons is a bestselling mystery novel by Dan Brown. Published in 2000, it introduces the character Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), who is also the principal character of Brown's subsequent, better-known novel The Da Vinci Code. It also shares many stylistic elements with the better known novel, such as conspiracies of secret societies, a single-day time frame and the Roman Catholic Church. The story involves a conflict between an ancient group, the Illuminati, and the Roman Catholic Church. 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. Angels & Demons is due for release on May 15, 2009.

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^{PRODUCTION NOTES: 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 Da Vinci Code film, Sony hired screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, to adapt Angels and Demons. Filming was originally to begin in February 2008 for a December 2008 release, but because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, production was pushed back for a May 15, 2009 release.

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. As Roman Catholic Church officials found The Da Vinci Code offensive, 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. 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."}

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