Carlton Cuse, the co-creator of the next adaptation in The Da Vinci Code franchise, just revealed a huge production update and a major announcement that’s coming soon.

Dan Brown is the author of the bestselling Robert Langdon series that began with Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code, with the latter becoming one of the biggest selling books ever. The author then wrote The Lost Symbol, Inferno and Origin. The most recent installment, The Secret of Secrets, is already being developed as a Netflix TV show.

Now, in an interview with ScreenRant‘s Ben Gibbons for 2026’s Italian Global Series, Cuse is providing a brand-new update on the TV adaptation of The Secret of Secrets.

He revealed that he’s “getting ready to start filming” the eight-hour series and teased that Netflix will soon announce who will star as Robert Langdon, the protagonist previously played by Tom Hanks and Ashley Zukerman. He and the rest of the team are “getting close” to finalizing this significant casting decision.

“I’m getting ready to start filming an adaptation of Dan Brown’s new book, Secret of Secrets, which features the Robert Langdon character, who was played by Tom Hanks in three movies. I think we’re soon going to announce who’s going to be taking over as Robert Langdon in that franchise, and we’re making an eight-hour version of this latest Dan Brown Robert Langdon story for Netflix. We’re getting close [to confirming the lead].”

Three years after Brown published The Da Vinci Code, Sony and director Ron Howard released a film adaptation that starred Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Jürgen Prochnow, Étienne Chicot, Jean-Yves Berteloot and Jean-Pierre Marielle.

The Da Vinci Code was largely panned by critics, who gave it a 25% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but the movie was a financial success, debuting at No. 1 on opening weekend and grossing $760 million across its theatrical run.

Hans Zimmer, who provided the score, landed nominations at the Grammys, Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Awards, but Howard received a nod at the Razzies, the award show that honors the worst films of the year.

Hanks and Howard returned for the sequel, Angels & Demons, in 2009, which received a slightly higher Rotten Tomatoes score of 36% from critics and earned $485.9 million at the box office.

The third installment, Inferno, ended up being the lowest grossing movie in the franchise with $220 million, and, once again, critics panned the film with a 23% Rotten Tomatoes score. Inferno marked Hanks’ final turn as Robert Langdon and the last time that Brown’s series was adapted for the big screen.

In 2021, Peacock debuted a 10-episode TV adaptation of The Lost Symbol that only last one season. The show reworked the story so that it focused on a younger version of Langdon, with Zukerman succeeding Hanks in the role.

The Lost Symbol got mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, but it ended up being the highest-rated in the entire franchise with a score of 60%.

Now Cuse and Brown are bringing The Secret of Secrets to the small screen, which was announced four months before the book was released. Aside from being co-creators, Cuse and Brown are also serving as executive producers (with Emma Forman) and writers.

Cuse, who’s best known for his work on the hit ABC series Lost, is also on board as the showrunner of The Secret of Secrets, which follows The Da Vinci Code protagonist as he attempts to protect scientist Katherine Solomon’s manuscript from individuals who feel threatened by the groundbreaking claims she makes about the future of science.

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Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Ashley Zukerman, Eddie Izzard, Valorie Curry, Beau Knapp, Rick Gonzalez, Sumalee Montano

The Robert Langdon franchise is based on a series of bestselling novels by Dan Brown, beginning with Angels & Demons (2000), followed by The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013), and Origin (2017). Centered on themes of historical intrigue, cryptography, and symbology, the franchise follows complex plots often rooted in secret societies and religious mysteries. It has expanded into blockbuster films and a television series, becoming a major modern mystery-thriller franchise