Da Vinci Code to Open Cannes Festival

Society | January 23, 2006, Monday // 00:00

The movie version of best-selling book The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard, will open the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, two days before its worldwide release.

Dan Brown's book, about a series of high-profile murders behind a Vatican plot to conceal the true meaning of the Holy Grail, has sold more than 30 million copies in around 40 languages.

Producers invested USD 100 M in the film version of the book, which stars two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, French favorites Audrey Tatou and Jean Reno, and British actors Sir Ian Mckellen and Alfred Molina.

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