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Robert Langdon gets his own Da Vinci Show

Professor Robert Langdon, the fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his Robert Langdon book series: “Angels & Demons”, “The Da Vinci Code”, “The Lost Symbol”, “Inferno” and “Origin”, and portrayed in several films by Tom Hanks, is headed to TV.

Langdon is a Harvard University professor of history of art and “symbology”. The series, picked up by NBC, is based on Brown’s book “The Lost Symbol” and follows the early adventures of Langdon, who must solve a series of deadly puzzles to save his kidnapped.

Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie will write and executive produce “Langdon”. Brown will also executive produce along with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Anna Culp, and Samie Falvey of Imagine Television also executive producing. CBS Television Studios and Universal Television will produce.

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