Da Vinci Code filming underway in Paris
 

Keep an eye out - you might happen upon a street shoot, some staging prep or some of the entourage. Here's a report:

http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10227

Wow thanks for the heads up. Would be fun to see the filming.

They should release a set of clues every day to the site of the shoot.

A couple more reports w/pix:

http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10245

http://comingsoon.net/news/davincicodenews.php?id=10236

Film production is now in Lincoln:

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/thi...icle306180.ece

and has been met by a nun's protest:

http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=e&id=9012

furthermore, the book was called, and I quote, <i>a load of old tosh&quot;</i>.

Oh my, where will it end!

Next stop, Scotland.

What a waste of film stock.

And you would know that...how?

Are you psychic, or just another intolerant religious zealot?

Many poorly written pieces have transitioned from their original form into stellar visual stories/performances, some of which went on to be captured on celluloid, tape, film, etc.

It'll end at the Louvre, bluestar. Haven't you read the book?? (Ha ha).
I am up in Edinburgh next week and hope that they don't go there then as I certainly don't want to be ordered about by some film types and a bald Richie Cunningham.
Even though I enjoyed the book, it was pretty hopelessly written and I'm disappointed at the casting of Sir Ian McKellen as the ubiquitous and stereotypical eccentric Englishman (Teabag or someone, wasn't it?). The book had him saying things an Englishman never would like &quot;ATM&quot; instead of cashpoint and &quot;Cellphone&quot; instead of mobile. No doubt he'll end up as ridiculous as Donald Pleasance in a James Bond film.

All things considered, the book is hardly worth reading, and so, the film is also doomed. And no, I'm not a religious zealot.

Regardless of quality, or otherwise, of the book - the fact remains that it has been read by many millions the world over. The film will also be viewed by even more millions and will inevitably end up a box-office hit.
Anyway, anything that hacks off the Vatican can't be all that bad.

I do not welcome film crews in Paris, since production companies tend to assume that they own the city (especially American production companies), and they interfere with the daily lives of the Parisians themselves. It would be nice if they did all their work on a sound stage, and left Paris to its residents and visitors.

AR,

You're a sad, pitiful person! I feel sorry for you having to live with yourself! It must be hard living with so much hate!

AnthonyGA,

You may not welcome film crews, but trust me the city officials LOVE film crews....film crews, especially AMERICANS, pay a lot of $$$ to film in the streets, etc... and by the way, for the time that they are shooting in a street, they DO own the street, that's what they pay for!

There's no hate, mate - just good old British irony.

Did none of you see this?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...16/ixhome.html

Oo-er. Angry nuns indeed!

Well, it's a very silly badly written book but no doubt people will flock to it.
It will be a pity if Rosslyn Chapel is damaged.

Westminster Abbey have refused to let them film.
I remember when a Hollywood team wanted to film Notre Dame.
They were refused and said, &quot;But it would put your cathedral on the map!&quot;

Winchester Cathedral is doubling up for Westminster Abbey.

AR, I'm English &amp; I say ATM. I work for a bank and ATM is the term used at work.

I thought it was Lincoln cathedral which was standing in for Westminster - maybe they are using different bits of Lincoln &amp; Winchester to stand in for different bits of Westminster ?

On the news last night they showed Tom Hanks fans waiting outside his hotel, which was a lowly 3 star ! Presumably the best Lincoln has to offer.