Tom Hanks Reunites With Dan Brown for New Robert Langdon Movie

Tom Hanks is dusting off his tweed and returning to the world of secret codes and cathedrals. The Oscar winner is set to star in a new film adaptation drawn from Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon universe, signaling Hollywood’s latest attempt to crack the mega-selling thriller series on the big screen.

The project arrives just as Brown’s symbologist is surging back into the spotlight. A new Langdon novel, The Secret of Secrets, publishes on September 9, 2025—Brown’s first Langdon book since 2017’s Origin—and a Netflix series based on the same story is also in the works.[1]

Langdon Is Back—On the Page and On Screen

Brown’s new novel sends Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon back into a swirl of history, conspiracy, and cutting-edge tech, tying into themes first explored in The Lost Symbol and Origin.[2] It’s a high-stakes return for a franchise that has already sold more than 250 million copies worldwide and been translated into 56 languages.[3]

The new Hanks movie is expected to draw on this renewed momentum, arriving alongside Netflix’s own Langdon project and an upcoming immersive event based on The Da Vinci Code, which will drop fans directly into one of Brown’s most famous puzzles.[4] It’s part of a broader book-to-screen boom that has also seen studios betting big on other literary franchises, from Stephen King’s multiverse to Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere in development for film, TV, and games.Netflix’s adaptation data has only reinforced how strongly readers now drive viewing habits.

Hanks Once Called the Langdon Films ‘Nonsense’

Hanks’ return is especially intriguing given that he has been openly ambivalent about his earlier turns as Langdon. In a 2020s interview, he described The Da Vinci Code and its sequels as largely “commercial exercises” and even a bit of a “nonsense” ride, despite their box office success.[5]

That history raises the stakes for this new adaptation. With prestige TV and streaming thrillers lifting the bar for literary mysteries, a fresh Langdon film will have to deliver more than globe-trotting spectacle. Fans will be watching closely to see whether Hanks and Brown can land something closer to the grounded intensity of recent hits like carefully crafted sci‑fi adaptations rather than a simple greatest-hits tour of conspiracies.

For readers, though, the bigger picture is clear: Robert Langdon is officially back in the cultural conversation. With a new novel, a Netflix series, an immersive Da Vinci Code experience, and now another Hanks-led movie all converging, Brown’s symbologist is poised to unlock a whole new era of page-to-screen intrigue.