Tom Hanks will indeed star in "The Da Vinci Code," Columbia Pictures confirmed Tuesday. Hanks will play the role of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who, along with the granddaughter of a murdered curator, races accross Europe to uncover a mystery hidden in artworks of Leonardo Da Vinci. The movie will be released May 19, 2006. Ron Howard has signed on to direct, with Akiva Goldsman adapting the screenplay. The movie is based on Dan Brown’s novel of the same name.
