Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

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NBC Nabs Robert Langdon Drama Based On Dan Brown’s ‘The Lost Symbol’ – Deadline

 

[Marvolo]

From what I've heard Lost Symbol is the worst book in the series. They probably should have adapted the newest book Origins, or went with original new mysteries for Langdon to solve.

 

[DarkShadow10]

From what I've heard Lost Symbol is the worst book in the series. They probably should have adapted the newest book Origins, or went with original new mysteries for Langdon to solve.

That’s cause it’s more action packed than the others

 

[Thome216]

Never read the books, but I really liked the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons was also pretty good. Despite it being a prequel series, I'd give it a shot.

 

[Marvolo]

The books are much better. Angels and Demons was gutted in its transition to film and turned into a sequel to Da Vinci.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I actually thought Angels and Demons was the best of the films.

 

[psylockolussus]

I wish they would just make another film. Inferno is at least watchable.

 

[Deck Rickard]

The Lost Symbol is the worst of the books I read. Premise has potential but the villain is just a Francis Dolarhyde ripoff and the things he does are too over-the-top to be taken seriously.

I’ve also read The Da Vinci Code and A&D; both are really good, although the ridiculous sequence at the end of A&D when Langdon suddenly turns into James Bond nearly ruins it. Never read or saw Inferno, but I wasn’t a fan of the other two movies. Hanks was well cast as Langdon but overall, the movies just didn’t capture the feel of the books. I’d probably give a series a shot though, unless they cast one of those bland actors who constantly show up in series that get canceled after one season.

 

[TheVileOne]

I wish they would just make another film. Inferno is at least watchable.

I thought Inferno was awful. Also, that movie bombed.

 

[Albright]

I liked Lost Symbol much better than Inferno - the first chapters in Firenze were great, but when they travelled to other places the whole mystic atmosphere was lost.
Besides the whole soul-weighing and that japanese old lady it was really great to read

 

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‘Langdon’ Drama Based On Dan Brown’s ‘Lost Symbol’ Gets NBC Pilot Order From Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie & Imagine – Deadline

 

[Deck Rickard]

I wonder who they'll cast. Langdon has the potential to be a great character, but the script needs to be on par with the books to make that happen. Hanks could have been great in the role but bad screenwriting (Akiva Goldsman, COME ON DOWN!) and bland direction (Hello, Ron Howard) just made it all feel so dull.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Specifically they’re pitching it as a prequel.

 

[Deck Rickard]

That approach could work I guess; one of the complaints that I didn't have about the Angels & Demons movie is that it took place after Da Vinci Code, even though in the books it took place first. Really, the stories work better as standalone adventures that don't relate much to the other ones because it's pretty hard to buy that a nerdy professor of symbology would keep stumbling upon these crazy conspiracies all over the globe and have to take the bad guys down himself. In other words, if you read Da Vinci but skip A&D, it won't really matter, but if you read them all, you might find yourself thinking, how the hell does all of this crazy **** keep happening to this guy? It's not like he's James Bond and he gets assigned to go investigate a bunch of nefarious people. But they are very entertaining.

 

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That approach could work I guess; one of the complaints that I didn't have about the Angels & Demons movie is that it took place after Da Vinci Code, even though in the books it took place first. Really, the stories work better as standalone adventures that don't relate much to the other ones because it's pretty hard to buy that a nerdy professor of symbology would keep stumbling upon these crazy conspiracies all over the globe and have to take the bad guys down himself. In other words, if you read Da Vinci but skip A&D, it won't really matter, but if you read them all, you might find yourself thinking, how the hell does all of this crazy **** keep happening to this guy? It's not like he's James Bond and he gets assigned to go investigate a bunch of nefarious people. But they are very entertaining.

It's like these crime novel series from various writers that always takes place in the same town (often some idyllic small town) and you can't help wonder why there are so many murders in this town.

 

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Ashley Zukerman Lands Titular Role in NBC's Langdon Pilot

 

[Deck Rickard]

Is this guy any good? I've never watched Succession. He looks kinda like BJ Novak.

 

[Kaleb]

He's alright I guess, I mostly remember him from the 1st season of Designated Survivor

 

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NBC Moves Forward On "Langdon" TV Series - Dark Horizons

 

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‘Langdon’: Eddie Izzard & Valorie Curry Cast In NBC Pilot – Deadline

The project, which hails from Imagine Television, CBS TV Studios and Universal Television, was among five 2020 pilots which NBC yesterday committed to filming later this year, once production can safely begin. Curry and Izzrd’s castings were already in the works in mid-March when Hollywood production was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Written by Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie, Langdon follows the early adventures of famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Zukerman), who must solve a series of deadly puzzles to save his kidnapped mentor and thwart a chilling global conspiracy.

Curry will portray Katherine, a scientist who studies how consciousness can affect the physical world.

Izzard will play Peter, the Director of the Smithsonian and an influential mover and shaker in Washington, D.C.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Ohhh I love me some Valerie Curry. She was great on The Tick and The Following. And Izzard is always good. Okay, this is becoming more interesting. A lot with depend on who they cast as the Francis Dolarhyde rip-off villain. I’d be fine if they totally reworked that character though because he honestly sucked.

 

[Pennywise]

‘Langdon’: Sumalee Montano, Rick Gonzalez & Beau Knapp Join Cast – Deadline

 

[Pennywise]

Robert Langdon Drama Moves to Peacock From NBC With Series Order - Variety

 

[Spider-Fan]

Not seeing a time frame listed for when it will air. Thinking prob sometime next year then.

Is this show going to be in continuity with the films?

 

[Deck Rickard]

Hopefully not. That way, if this turns out well and is a hit, they can adapt Da Vinci and A&D and hopefully make them not suck.