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Not sure what is going on in the photo above, but your brain should tell you that it’s a photo of Ayelet Zurer, and according to EW she’s landed the lead female role opposite Tom Hanks in Ron Howard’s summer ‘09 prequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons. Yes, the prequel people are craving as much as one to Nothing But Trouble is quietly moving forward. Will Tom Hanks’s hair go even longer this time and catch a nice Fabio-esque breeze on screen? Maybe.

Zurer, an Israeli actress who starred as Eric Bana’s comely wife in Steven Spielberg’s underrated Munich, apparently beat out Naomi Watts for the role of Vittoria Vetra (Dan Brown’s alliteration, blech), who teams with Hanks’s “Harvard symbologist” Robert Langdon to solve the mystery behind her father’s death. Enter terrorists, churches, chubby moms flipping through supermarket paperbacks et al. After hitting a snag due to the writers strike the picture is scheduled to begin filming this June in Europe. Give a low five in the comments.

  • Bill
    They should wait 30 years, make this, and then follow up with a decent Da Vinci Code remake.
  • USvsIreland
    Seriously?!?!?!?!

    They couldn't have found an actual attractive Italian actress to play Vittoria Vetra?

    I say boo on this one. I hope they don't ruin this movie. The book was fantastic.
  • Tim G.
    Angels & Demons is about 100x better than DaVinci... granted that's not saying much. I read A&D first and was pretty let down by DaVinci. I'm hoping Brown can make The Solomon Key as exciting as A&D was.
  • Tim G.
    Thank GOD Naomi "I have exactly 2 facial expressions" Watts is out. There's a reason she was cast as a bad actress in Mulholland Drive.
  • Captain Awesome
    Brown angels?
  • Goro
    Another actress cast that appears more like Tom Hanks' daughter than (potential) love interest? One of the many glaring problems with DaVinci movie was the total lack of chemistry b/w Hanks and Tautou. I won't expect much more this time thru.
  • Ayelet Zurer is actually an incredible actress. She won the Israeli Oscar a couple years ago in her role in Nina's Tragedies.
  • steandric
    sorry, watts has never been interested in this role, but the producers and hanks are interested in her. reportedly, she is the last to be in talks for the part. if watts wanted it she would have it and there wouldn't be any "beat out". watts bows out and let this unknown newcomer take the role.
  • Pill
    I doubt she "beat out" Naomi Watts, my guess is scheduling conflicts or lack of interest from Watts.

    Tom Hanks also looks ridiculous in these movies. Like, Kelsey Grammar ridiculous.
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