Elonka wrote:
] ] Los Angeles, CA, Apr. 20 (UPI) -- Ian McKellen and Alfred
] ] Molina are joining the cast of director Ron Howard's
] ] adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code," Daily Variety reported
] ] Wednesday.
] ]
] ] Brian Grazer and John Calley are producing the Sony
] ] Pictures Entertainment project, from Akiva Goldsman's
] ] adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling novel. Goldsman
] ] won an Oscar for his adapted screenplay for Howard's "A
] ] Beautiful Mind."
] ]
] ] McKellen will play a wealthy benefactor who helps Harvard
] ] symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) but has his own
] ] designs on acquiring the Holy Grail. Molina will play
] ] Bishop Arigarosa. The cast also includes Audrey Tautou
] ] and Jean Reno.
] ]
] ] Production is scheduled to begin in June, with plans for
] ] a May 2006 release.
]
] Ron Howard, Gandalf, Jesus, codes, and sex. Yum. :)

Wow I had no idea what an allstar cast was being assembled. Can news on his upcoming maybe-has-kryptos book?

RE: Ian McKellen joins cast of 'Da Vinci Code'