Vatican bans Dan Brown film Angels & Demons from Rome churches

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No Tom Hanks Inside the Vatican
Published 6/16/2008 by Carolina at That Other Blog - The Latest Gossip and Entertainment News
... for Economic Affairs, said that the author had “turned the Gospels upside down to poison the faith. It would be unacceptable to transform churches into film sets so that his blasphemous novels can be made into mendacious films in the name of business.” Father Marco Fibbi, spokesman for the diocese of Rome, said, Normally we read the script, but this time it was not necessary. The name Dan Brown was enough. The Vatican fiercely condemned both the novel The Da Vinci Code and its film version, which starred ...

The Dailies: June 16, 2008
Published 6/16/2008 by Shawn Adler at MTV Movies Blog
... - Finally, something the Pope and I agree on. “The DaVinci Code” an “offence against God.” Sequel starring Tom Hanks prohibited from filming in any Roman church. (Times Online) ...

Angels and Demons Banned By The Vatican
Published 6/17/2008 by Niall Browne at Screen Rant
... so hot on The Da Vinci Code, so it’s no surprise that this has happened. Howard and company now plan to build the church interiors on sound stages in the blasphemous depths of Hollywood. A place where sin runs deep. Meanwhile it is good to note that Hanks has shed that terrible hair from the previous Brown adaptation, and he now looks pretty respectable. Angels and Demons opens on May 19, 2009 Source: The Times ...