Angelology (novel)
Danielle Trussoni's debut novel is Angelology, sold to Viking books. Two motion picture companies, Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures, auctioned against each other for the film rights with Columbia winning.[1]
Andrea Gianetti (Columbia's exec on The Da Vinci Code and the upcoming sequel Angels & Demons)[2] and DeVon Franklin overseeing the project.[3] With Sony (owner of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group) acquiring the film rights to the story, Will Smith and James Lassiter's Overbrook Entertainment will co-produce with Marc Forster.[4]
Marc Forster will be directing the movie as well.[5]
Plot
In the vein of The Da Vinci Code, the story follows a nun in New York who unwittingly reignites an ancient war between Angelologists, a group who studies angels, and a race of descendants of angels and humans called the Nephilim. The story blends ancient biblical pericopes, the Orpheus and Thracian myth, and the fall of rebel angels.[3]
Eric Simonoff of Janklow & Nesbit says the story, "blends biblical lore, the Orpheus myth, the apocryphal Book of Enoch and the fall of the rebel angels, with bravura storytelling."[6]
Characters
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Dr. Raphael Valko | A French professor that coordinates an extraction of a body of a fallen angel from a cave in the Rhodope Mountains in 1943. Seraphina Valko is Dr. Valko's wife. The excavation of the fallen angels body is located in an area that has historical ties to Orpheus and Thracian.[7] |
| Evangeline | Her parents gave her to Franciscan nuns to raise. After she has taken her nun vows, she starts to doubt her religion and starts investigating her parents, who were angelologists.[7] |
| Percival Grigori | A Nephilim villian.[7] |
References
- ^ Neyfakh, Leon (February 2, 2009), Angelology Author Goes With Molly Stern; Gets a Million Dollar Movie Deal=[[OBSERVER MEDIA GROUP]]
{{citation}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help) Retrieved on 2009-17-02. - ^ [1]
- ^ a b Kit, Borys (January 30, 2009), Sony nabs 'Angelology' rights=[[Hollywood Reporter]]
{{citation}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help) Retrieved on 2009-17-02. - ^ Brevet, Brad (January 30, 2009), ‘Da Vinci Code’ Meets ‘National Treasure’ Novel - ‘Angelology’ - Sells to Sony=[[ROPEOFSILICON.COM]]
{{citation}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help) Retrieved on 2009-20-02. - ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ a b c Wilson, Blake (March 11, 2009), Living With Music: A Playlist by Danielle Trussoni=[[The New York Times Company]]
{{citation}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help) Retrieved on 2009-12-03.