
RELATED: Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Cast & Character Guide While The Da Vinci Code dealt exclusively with the lore of the Holy Grail lore and its related symbolism, Angels and Demons forayed deep into the crypts of the Vatican’s best-kept secrets, and the existence of a society named The Illuminati. The explosive success of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons on the big screen can be attributed to the intricacies of the plot, which branches out like a maze and unites discordant elements and symbols across history and time. The show premiered on September 16, 2021, and is available for streaming on Peacock.ĭespite dealing with a wide range of secret societies, underground cults, cryptic documents, and monuments laden with religio-cultural significance, all Dan Brown novels follow a formulaic approach in terms of the Robert Langdon narratives.

As director Ron Howard and leading man Tom Hanks decided to skip this text in the movie franchise, The Lost Symbol was transformed into a series featuring a younger Langdon. Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol is the third installment in the established Robert Langdon timeline, dealing with the Harvard symbologist’s race against time in Washington D.C., which purportedly hosts an ancient portal promising apotheosis.


Here’s why Tom Hanks’ The Lost Symbol movie, a part of the Robert Langdon film franchise, was canceled, and eventually adapted into a series of the same name.
