The Da Vinci Code (film) was released in North America. While there is no regular DVD release of the extended version in the United States or a Region 2 release in the United Kingdom, a version of the extended cut was released in Germany. "The Da Vinci Code" was also released on UMD for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) on the November 14, 2006. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, with the help of "Jurassic Park" screenwriter David Koepp, adapted "Angels & Demons" (a Dan Brown novel published before "The Da Vinci Code") into a film script, which was also directed by Howard. Chronologically, the book takes place
The Da Vinci Code you need to check your meds." While interviewing Umberto Eco in a 2008 issue of "The Paris Review", Lila Azam Zanganeh characterized "The Da Vinci Code" as "a bizarre little offshoot" of Eco's novel, "Foucault’s Pendulum". In response, Eco remarked, "Dan Brown is a character from "Foucault's Pendulum"! I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations—the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist." The book appeared on a 2010 list of 101 best books ever written, which