Angels & Demons is an upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel of the same name, due for release on May 15, 2009.

It is the sequel to The Da Vinci Code (2006), another Brown film adaptation, although the novel Angels & Demons was published and takes place before the novel The Da Vinci Code.

Filming took place in Rome and the Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.

Tom Hanks reprises the lead role of Robert Langdon, while director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman also returned.

Premise
CERN summons Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) to investigate a murder victim branded with the Illuminati ambigram.

Langdon discovers the secret society’s plan to kill four Roman Catholic cardinals and destroy St. Peter’s Basilica with stolen antimatter during a papal conclave.

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Directed by Ron Howard
Produced by: Brian Grazer, John Calley
Written by
Screenplay: David Koepp, Akiva Goldsman
Novel: Dan Brown

Cast
# Tom Hanks reprises his role as Professor Robert Langdon, a Harvard University professor of symbology.
# Ayelet Zurer plays Vittoria Vetra, a CERN scientist whose antimatter experiment has been stolen by the Illuminati to be used as a bomb.
# Ewan McGregor plays the Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca.
# Stellan Skarsgård plays Commander Rocher, head of the Swiss Guard.
# Pierfrancesco Favino plays Ernesto Olivetti.
# Nikolaj Lie Kaas plays the Hassassin.
# Armin Mueller-Stahl as Cardinal Strauss.

Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography Salvatore Totino
Editing by: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Studio Imagine Entertainment
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) May 15, 2009
Running time 138 min.
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by The Da Vinci Code

Official Website: www.angelsanddemons.com