Marceau could be the family friend

A French newspaper has suggested that Sophie Marceau was the family friend that French President, Jacques Chirac, allegedly tried to get cast in The Da Vinci Code film. French President Jacques Chirac's office today denied a report that he pushed for a family friend to be the leading lady of The Da Vinci Code when he met with the movie's makers last year. The film's American director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer were invited to meet the French president in December last year as they were holding auditions in Paris for the top female role. [More]

Chirac denies Code claims

Jacques Chirac denies claims he tried to get his daughter's friend a lead movie role. French President Jacques Chirac's office today denied a report that he pushed for a family friend to be the leading lady of The Da Vinci Code when he met with the movie's makers last year. The film's American director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer were invited to meet the French president in December last year as they were holding auditions in Paris for the top female role. [More]

Chirac helps "The Da Vinci Code" makers, asks favors

WASHINGTON (AFP) - French President Jacques Chirac offered to help makers of "The Da Vinci Code" film in the Louvre, and suggested they cast his daughter's best friend in the leading female role, Newsweek magazine said. "We thought it was going to be a five-minute thing, like a trip to the Oval Office -- a photo and a handshake," said producer Brian Grazer of the hour-long meeting he and director Ron Howard had at Chirac's office in December 2004. Newsweek said Chirac offered to smooth out any problem they might encounter in their request to film some scenes at the Louvre -- where The Da Vinci Code's murder-and-religion mystery begins and ends. [More]

TV Watch: Tom Hanks on Letterman (repeat)

A repeat performance of Tom Hanks on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' will air tonight on NBC. While Tom is not an actual guest, he is there to read the Top Ten List, a nightly list of goofy topics. Watch this space for the clip!

Newsweek Da Vinci Code Images

Click on the image above for more images from the latest issue of Newsweek. [More]

Newsweek Talks DaVinci Code!

An extensive report with Newsweek about next year's biggest film - the adaptation of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" - has gone online with new photos and some new revealtions.

It seems contrary to earlier reports that Sony planned to soften the story's more controversial elements, Director Ron Howard says there will be "no placating. It would be ludicrous to take on this subject and then try to take the edges off. We're doing this movie because we like the book".

Using the Louvre proved difficult at times - ""We had to be very specific about every single shot we were going to do, for both security and preservation reasons. There were all kinds of things we couldn't do. Blood on the floor—that's in the script and we couldn't do that. We couldn't take paintings off the walls, obviously. We couldn't write coded messages on the Mona Lisa, obviously". Thus whilst much of the Grand Gallery shooting is real, other things like the Mona Lisa are entirely replicas. [More]

Columbia's 'Da Vinci Code' Trailer Press Release

Columbia Pictures' The Da Vinci Code Trailer to Be Launched Globally on the Internet and in Theaters December 14

The First Full-Length Look at the Highly Anticipated Film Will Be Seen Ahead of King Kong in Theaters and Gets Exclusive Four-Hour Window on Apple.com Movie Trailer Site

CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Pictures will launch the first full-length trailer of its highly anticipated May 19, 2006 release The Da Vinci Code worldwide in theaters and on the internet on December 14 targeting Peter Jackson's epic King Kong with an exclusive four-hour window on the Apple.com movie trailer site starting midnight Tuesday, December 13, Pacific Standard Time. (apple.com). The potential reach is 110 million people worldwide just on the Internet with the trailer expected to be translated into 20 different languages. [More]

The Da Vinci Trailer

December 14, 2005 - Apple.com is hosting the new trailer for the big-screen version of The Da Vinci Code. Unlike the teaser, which used voice-over narration and only showed the image of the Mona Lisa, the new full length trailer features scenes from the film and dialogue spoken by Sir Ian McKellen. [More]

Da Vinci hype

A glimpse of The Da Vinci Code, the most eagerly anticipated movie of 2006, was released on the internet yesterday. A trailer for the silver-screen version of the controversial book was launched on the official film website. Starring Tom Hanks, the movie is expected to break box-office records when it opens in Australia on May 18 next year. The story of religious clues embedded in a Leonardo Da Vinci painting, and a clandestine society who have kept the 2000-year-old secret, has been at the top of the worldwide bestseller lists for the past two years. "Tom Hanks [who plays Dr Robert Langdon], Audrey Tautou [Sophie Neveu], Jean Reno, [Bezu Fache], Alfred Molina [Bishop Aringarosa] and Sir Ian McKellen [Sir Leigh Teabing] will be in the first scenes available from the film," Sony website manager Scott Lemos said. [More]

Da Vinci Code Trailer II Now Online!

The second trailer for 'The Da Vinci Code' film is now online on Sony's website. We will be posting screencaps and a rundown very soon! [More]

2006 Brings Many 'Da Vinci'-Esque Books

NEW YORK - In the early months of 2006, expect a few novels with some very familiar story lines. "Labyrinth," by Kate Mosse, features a rival sect to the Catholic church and a search for the Holy Grail. In "The Templar Legacy," a thriller by Steve Berry, a former government agent attempts to unravel a mystery about an order of knights whose power rivaled the Pope's. Matilde Asensi's "The Last Cato" features the head of the Vatican's secret archive and his efforts to solve a murder with clues dating back to biblical times. [More]

IN Pastor Narrates "Da Vinci Code" Documentary

A Munster pastor has narrated a documentary that refutes ideas contained in the best-selling novel and upcoming film "The Da Vinci Code." The hour-long documentary features Steve Munsey, senior pastor of Family Christian Center, on a set decorated with armor. It's called "Exposing the Da Vinci Code." It was named "best documentary" at a Christian film festival this fall. [More]

New Messageboards Added

I have revamped the messageboard section of the site. Feel free to login and chat with other fans of the book and/or movie. Healthy discussion from non-fans is also welcome! [More]

Ron Howard 'Tonight Show' Clip

Ron Howard was on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' last night (December 6th), he was there to mainly talk 'Cinderella Man' (now on DVD) but he did mention 'The DaVinci Code' a few times. Follow this link to download the clip! (22.6MB AVI) [More]

TV Watch: Ron Howard on 'Jay Leno'

Ron Howard is slated to be a guest on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', tonight (December 6th) on NBC. He may talk The Da Vinci Code. Watch this space for more information and a link to download the clip! 'The Tonight Show' airs on NBC at 11:35PM.