Dan Brown to a January 2013 article in "Los Angeles Times" the final draft of the screenplay was due sometime in February, but in July 2013, Sony Pictures announced they would instead adapt "Inferno" for an October 14, 2016 release date with Ron Howard as director, David Koepp adapting the screenplay and Tom Hanks reprising his role as Robert Langdon. Imagine Entertainment is set to produce a television series based on "Digital Fortress", to be written by Josh Goldin and Rachel Abramowitz. Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller novels, most notably the Robert
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