Post by Slim K team on Jul 4, 2008 18:17:42 GMT -8
"ANGELS & DEMONS" ("The Da Vinci Code" prequel)
Vatican City is rebuilt in California for Tom Hanks Da Vinci Code prequel
September 7th, 2008
When faced with complete refusal by the Vatican to permit filming within their grounds,
the directors had little choice Photo: CARRILLO / PACIFICCOASTNEWS.COM
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.
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.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2470469/Vatican-City-is-rebuilt-in-California-for-Tom-Hanks-Da-Vinci-Code-sequel.html
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/article1483942.ece
Vatican City is rebuilt in California for Tom Hanks Da Vinci Code prequel
September 7th, 2008
When faced with complete refusal by the Vatican to permit filming within their grounds,
the directors had little choice Photo: CARRILLO / PACIFICCOASTNEWS.COM
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.
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.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2470469/Vatican-City-is-rebuilt-in-California-for-Tom-Hanks-Da-Vinci-Code-sequel.html
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/article1483942.ece
