23-05-2025
Netflix Nabs Robert Langdon Series From Carlton Cuse, Author Dan Brown
Netflix is entering the world of Robert Langdon.
After a bidding war, the streamer has landed a series based on The Secret of Secrets, the latest Langdon novel from author Dan Brown. Carlton Cuse (Netflix's Pulse, Lost) is set as showrunner and will executive produce with Brown; the two will also be writers on the series. Emma Forman of Genre-Arts also exec produces.
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The Secret of Secrets is Brown's sixth novel in the Langdon series, which began with mega-bestseller The Da Vinci Code, is set to hit shelves in September.
In the novel, Langdon 'races against ancient forces and time to rescue a missing scientist and her groundbreaking manuscript whose discoveries have the power to forever change humanity's understanding of the mind,' per a logline. The currently untitled series 'will blend futuristic science with mystical lore.'
The Netflix series is the latest screen adaptation of Brown's novels featuring Langdon, a Harvard symbologist frequently drawn into international intrigue and shadowy conspiracies. Tom Hanks starred as Langdon in three movies — 2006's The Da Vinci Code, 2009's Angels & Demons and 2016's Inferno — directed by Ron Howard that made a combined $1.47 billion in worldwide box office. A series based on The Lost Symbol and starring Ashley Zukerman as Langdon streamed on Peacock in 2021 (after initially being developed for NBC); it was canceled after a single season.
Cuse is coming off Netflix's medical drama Pulse, where he served as co-showrunner with series creator Zoe Robyn. Along with Lost, his credits include Netflix's Locke and Key, Prime Video's Jack Ryan, and A&E's Bates Motel.
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