Angels & Demons (film) co-starring Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan and Sidse Babett Knudsen. Angels & Demons (film) Angels & Demons is a 2009 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman and David Koepp, based on Dan Brown's novel of the same title. It is the sequel to the 2006 film "The Da Vinci Code", also directed by Howard, and the second installment in the "Robert Langdon" film series. The novel was published first and "The Da Vinci Code" novel followed it. Filming took place in Rome, Italy, and the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.
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