Tom Hanks’ Iconic Role Reimagined: Netflix’s New Series from LOST Co-Creator!

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The creator who helped make “Lost” popular, Carlton Cuse, is teaming up with renowned author Dan Brown to create a streaming series based on Brown’s upcoming novel, “The Secret of Secrets.” This marks Brown’s sixth book featuring character Robert Langdon, portrayed by Tom Hanks in three prior movie adaptations. However, it appears that the new show will not rehash the stories from those previous installments. Netflix has already given the green light to this as-yet-unnamed “Secret of Secrets” adaptation as a series, although the book itself won’t be available until September 9th, published by Doubleday. In the interim, Brown is collaborating with Cuse on the series, while Cuse will serve as the showrunner.

As a passionate cinephile, I eagerly anticipate Dan Brown’s upcoming novel, where my favorite symbologist, Robert Langdon, finds himself in a pulse-racing battle against enigmatic forces and the relentless march of time. This time, he’s on a mission to rescue a brilliant scientist and her revolutionary manuscript – a discovery that could fundamentally alter our perception of the human mind forever. The Netflix adaptation promises an exhilarating blend of cutting-edge science with age-old mysticism, serving up the heart-stopping suspense and global intrigue that have made the Langdon tales an unparalleled worldwide sensation.

Dan Brown’s novels are often categorized as mysteries, but they include an intriguing mix of supernatural elements and personal conflicts to maintain the narrative’s momentum. The first book in this series was “Angels & Demons,” published in 2000, followed by “The Da Vinci Code” in 2003. Other novels featuring Langdon include “The Lost Symbol,” “Inferno,” and “Origin.” Tom Hanks portrayed the character in movie adaptations of “The Da Vinci Code,” “Angels & Demons,” and “Inferno.” In 2021, Peacock premiered a prequel streaming series titled “The Lost Symbol” with Ashley Zukerman playing Langdon.

As a movie buff, I’ve always found Robert Langdon to be a personal, intellectual aspirational counterpart for me, as Dan Brown himself has mentioned. He was influenced not only by me but also by Joseph Campbell and John Langdon, whom he named the character after. In an imaginary world, my Langdon is a professor of Religious Iconology and Symbology at Harvard University – a position that doesn’t exist in reality – and he boasts an extraordinary eidetic memory. By the time the book series unfolds, his reputation as a brilliant scholar has spread so far and wide that he’s frequently called upon from all corners of the globe to decipher enigmatic clues hidden within esoteric symbols.

The Netflix adaptation may revisit Brown’s other novels at a later point, given their adaptable timelines. Interestingly, only the sequence between “Angels & Demons” and “The Da Vinci Code” is specified chronologically in Brown’s novels. However, the movie versions were able to swap the order of these two stories without causing significant dissatisfaction among fans or critics. The direction that Netflix plans to take this series remains uncertain, as it is currently still in development stages.

Currently, enthusiasts like myself can acquire Brown’s works in various forms, including printed books, digital editions, and audiobooks. At present, one of my most anticipated reads, titled The Secret of Secrets, is available for pre-ordering, with its official release scheduled for September 9th.

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2025-05-22 21:39