Dan Brown’s legendary symbologist/action-hero has a brand new house over at Netflix, with the streamer set to adapt the creator’s upcoming new Robert Langdon ebook, The Secret of Secrets.
The adaptation has been co-created by Brown alongside former Lost producer Carlton Cuse, who will even function showrunner, and marks the fifth stay motion look of Langdon after three blockbuster motion pictures and a considerably forgotten Peacock present.
The franchise kicked off with The Da Vinci Code again in 2006, after the unique 2003 novel grew to become a worldwide smash, promoting over 80 million copies and turning into the best-selling American novel of all time.
The movie adaptation was directed by Ron Howard and starred Tom Hanks as Langdon, alongside the likes of Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno and Paul Bettany.
Despite combined important evaluations, the movie was successful with audiences, producing $760 million worldwide and turning into the second-highest-grossing movie of the yr (after Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, should you’re ).
Two sequels adopted, with Angels and Demons – based mostly on the primary ebook within the franchise – arriving in 2009, and the belated Inferno, based mostly on the fourth novel, hitting screens in 2016.
Howard returned to direct each instalments however poor reception and disappointing field workplace outcomes noticed the cinematic aspirations for the franchise put to mattress with Hanks’ trilogy.
Langdon did return, nonetheless, within the type of Peacock’s The Lost Symbol in 2021. The present reimagined the supply novel as a prequel of kinds, casting Ashley Zukerman (Succession, Fear Street) as a younger Robert Langdon, employed by the CIA to unravel a sequence of puzzles linked to the disappearance of his mentor Peter Solomon (Eddie Izzard). However, the present was met with poor important response, and dwindling audiences noticed Peacock cancel the sequence after only one season.
But there appears to be life within the franchise but, with top-of-the-line streaming providers set to skip ebook 5 within the sequence, Origin, and as a substitute ship a giant price range adaptation of the upcoming sixth installment, The Secret of Secrets.
What can we count on from The Secret of Secrets?
While Peacock’s iteration served as a quasi-prequel to the movies, Netflix look set to fully reboot the franchise, with neither Hanks nor Zukerman set to reprise their position at the moment (and it is extremely unlikely that may change), and no involvement from Howard.
The novel doesn’t land till September, so there’s not an enormous quantity on the market about what we will count on from the brand new sequence, however Netflix has teased: “In the upcoming novel, Langdon, an esteemed symbologist, races towards historical forces and time to rescue a lacking scientist, whose groundbreaking manuscript incorporates discoveries which have the facility to ceaselessly change humanity’s understanding of the thoughts. The yet-to-be-titled TV sequence will mix futuristic science with mystical lore, delivering on the heart-pounding suspense and worldwide intrigue which have made the Langdon tales a worldwide phenomenon.”
We do know from previews of the novel that The Lost Symbol’s Katherine Solomon is prone to seem, beforehand performed by Valorie Curry, whereas settings might embrace Prague, New York and London.
If earlier Langdon adventures are something to go by, we’d count on a worldwide treasure hunt, cryptic puzzles and terrifying henchmen wrapped up in a race towards time with a remaining act twist that’ll make your head spin.
Whatever the case, it’s prone to be an addictive, binge-worthy sequence and probably top-of-the-line Netflix exhibits, and I can’t wait to see who’ll be subsequent to strap on the Mickey Mouse watch.
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