Books That Turned Into Blockbusters

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons is a 2009 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman and David Koepp, based on Dan Brown’s novel of the same name. It is the sequel to the 2006 film, The Da Vinci Code, also directed by Howard. The novel was published first and The Da Vinci Code followed it. Filming took place in Rome, Italy, and the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. The Illuminati kidnap four of the preferiti or the favorite cardinals to be elected pope before the conclave enters seclusion and threaten to kill one candidate every hour and destroy all of Vatican City at midnight, using the missing vial of antimatter as a bomb. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

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Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story is about Harry’s struggle against Lord Voldemort, the Dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the Ministry of Magic, vanquish non-magic people and destroys anyone who stands in his way. Surprisingly, after the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the books have gained fame and people around the world, not only children and teenagers but also adults loved the movie so much.

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