Directed by: Ron Howard
Written by: Akiva Goldsman
Cast: Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard
Studio: Sony Pictures
Genre: Action/Adventure
Official Site: www.angelsanddemons.com
Release Date: May 15, 2009 (wide)

Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon, who once again finds that forces with ancient roots are willing to stop at nothing, even murder, to advance their goals.

Ron Howard again directs the film.

When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati — the most powerful underground organization in history — he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization’s most despised enemy: the Catholic Church.

When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist.

Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican’s only hope for survival.

Worldwide Release Dates

13 May 2009 In Belgium, France
14 May 2009 In Argentina, Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Israel, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea

15 May 2009 In Brazil, Estonia, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, UK,
20 May 2009 In Norway

Movie Trivia

This movie became the first big-screen casualty of the Hollywood writer’s strike in 2007, because Akiva Goldsman’s script still needed work, and he was on strike with the Writers Guild of America. So, production of the movie had to be postponed.

The production had to build a scale replica of St. Peter’s Square since Vatican officers banned the movie from being filmed in its grounds.

Roman Catholic Church officials found The Da Vinci Code offensive, so the filmmakers were unable to shoot inside the churches Santa Maria del Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria

The Caserta Palace doubled for the inside of the Vatican and the Biblioteca Angelica was used for the Vatican Library.