Langdon is beginning to take form at NBC.
The in-the-works pilot has solid Succession’s Ashley Zukerman as Robert Langdon, the character made well-known in Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code novels.
Zukerman is taking over the function Tom Hanks performed in three motion pictures primarily based on the novel sequence.
Whereas the present is being billed as a prequel, it can really be primarily based on the novel The Misplaced Image, the third in Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon books.
The favored Tom Hanks fronted film sequence skipped the third ebook completely, opting to finish the film franchise with Inferno.
The novel takes place after The Da Vinci code, however due to the facility of the reboot, the sequence will happen lengthy earlier than the unique novel.
The sequence is claimed to middle on a younger Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor “who finds himself pulled right into a sequence of lethal puzzles when his mentor is kidnapped,” per the official description.
“The CIA forces him onto a job drive the place he uncovers a chilling conspiracy.”
Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie, co-creators of TV’s Scream, will pen and showrun the sequence, serving as EPs alongside Brown, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, Anna Culp, and Samie Falvey.
Zukerman might be most well-known for his function on HBO drama Succession, the place he recurs as Nate Sofrelli. It is unclear whether or not his function in Langdon ought to it go to sequence would imply he must go away the critically acclaimed sequence.
NBC not too long ago tailored The Lincoln Rhyme novels for the small display screen with a solid that features Russel Hornsby and Arielle Kebbel.
The sequence has not been a roaring success, however it has saved the Fridays at eight pm time interval heat whereas The Blacklist is on hiatus.
A call on a second season is predicted to return quickly on condition that the primary season is about to wrap.
Different drama pilots at NBC additionally embody At That Age, Particles, Echo, La Brea, and Odd Joe.
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