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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesDan Trachtenberg shot the pilot
The first episode, As Above, So Below, was directed by Dan Trachtenberg of 10 Cloverfield Lane and Prey. The other nine went to TV directors.
source ↗ - ReferenceWhere's the Mickey Mouse watch?
In the books, Langdon never takes off the Mickey Mouse watch his parents gave him. The series leaves it out. Ashley Zukerman joked that it was at the shop getting a new battery.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesIt was meant to be a Tom Hanks film
The Lost Symbol was going to be Ron Howard's third film with Hanks, but Sony switched to Inferno in 2013. In 2019 it became a series, called Langdon at NBC, and ended up on Peacock.
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- CameoDan Brown at the book signing
The novel's author and his wife show up in Langdon's book-signing scene in Paris.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesLincoln stands in for Westminster
Westminster Abbey refused permission. The scenes at Isaac Newton's tomb were shot at Lincoln and Winchester cathedrals instead.
source ↗ - CameoThe theory's authors ride the bus
Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, authors of The Templar Revelation, one of the Mary Magdalene books behind the plot, cameo as bus passengers.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe Mona Lisa is a copy
The Louvre allowed filming inside, but the crew couldn't light the real Mona Lisa. They used a replica.
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- CameoThe director's dad at the conclave
Cardinal Beck is Rance Howard, Ron Howard's father. He shows up in many of his son's films.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesRome built in Culver City
The Church barred filming inside its churches. St. Peter's Square and Piazza Navona were built on Sony's lot in California, and the basilica's interior was finished digitally.
source ↗ - ReferenceA theme carried over from Da Vinci
Hans Zimmer built Langdon's theme from the closing track of The Da Vinci Code score. Violinist Joshua Bell plays on the new one.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Vatican remembers the Priory
The film nods to what Langdon did in The Da Vinci Code: the Priory of Sion case is why the Vatican seeks him out. The book can't do that, since Angels & Demons came out first.
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- Behind the scenesCodename: Headache
During production the film went by Headache, a joke about the blow to the head Langdon takes before the story starts.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFlorence, shot in Budapest
Venice and Florence got exterior scenes, but most of the film was shot in Budapest at Korda Studios.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesDodging Star Wars
It was first dated for December 2015. Sony pushed it to October 2016 to stay out of the way of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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