Tom Hanks $50 Million Salary For Da Vinci Code Prequel

It looks like Sony’s Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons is now moving ahead. Tom Hanks has been officially locked up to reprise his role as Dr. Robert Langdon in the followup.

Hanks has been in talks to do the film for awhile now, and apparently it took a really big paycheck to get him. Rumor has it that it's the “biggest salary ever paid to an actor in the history of Hollywood.” His salary alone could top $50 million, not including profit participation.

Keanu Reeves made an estimated $206 million for the Matrix sequels, Bruce Willis and Tom Cruise also made an estimated $100 million each from The Sixth Sense and War of the Worlds respectively

Filming on Angels & Demons should start in July, with Hanks and his Euro-hair joining the already rumored supermodel Gisele Bundchen on the set.

Angels & Demons is based on another book by Dan Brown. It tells the story Dr. Robert Langdon on the trail of the Illuminati and engaged in a frantic quest to find some sort of uber-powerful energy source. The trail leads him all around the Vatican, where he’ll no doubt find something that will piss off the Pope. He doesn’t seem to have a sense of humor about these things.