Dan Brown to Rewrite 'Lost Symbol' Script

Dan Brown, author ofThe Da Vinci Code,Angels& Demons, and now the third installment,The Lost Symbol, is rewriting the adaptation of his best-selling novel.

Brown replaces Oscar-winning screenwriterSteven Knight, who was hired to draft a taketen months ago.

Symbolpicks up with the continuing adventures of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time his clash with the Freemasons of Washington D.C. and, naturally, their ancient codes. The book sold over a million copies of the hardcover and e-book in the first day of release in September 2009, making the sequel the fastest-selling adult novel in history.

However, the most intriguing bit of news fromTHR’s report is thatTom HanksandRon Howardare not officially on board the project yet as star and director, though Howard is producing the movie. Both are busy these days.  Hanks recently completed an edit on his sophomore directorial outing, titledLarry Crowneand Howard has beenliterally losing sleepover hisextremely ambitious adaptationof Stephen King’s Dark Tower series.

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