Robert Langdon of "Angels & Demons", and again in the 2016 film adaptation of "Inferno". Dan Brown created the character as a fictional alter ego of himself or "the man he wishes he could be". Brown himself was born June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, and the fictional Langdon is described as having been born on June 22, also in Exeter, and attending the same school as Brown did, Phillips Exeter Academy. Initially it is established that Langdon is a successful scholar who Brown named after John Langdon, a professor of typography at Drexel University who is known for his creation
Robert Langdon (film series) foil a deadly global plot. Following the worldwide successes of "The Da Vinci Code" in 2006 and "Angels & Demons" in 2009, which were both based on Brown's novels, starring Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon and produced and directed by Ron Howard, Columbia Pictures began production on a film adaptation of "The Lost Symbol". Hanks and Howard were expected to return for the film adaptation of "The Lost Symbol", along with the franchise's producers Brian Grazer and John Calley. Sony Pictures eventually hired three screenwriters for the project, beginning with Steven Knight and then hiring Brown himself. In March 2012,