According to Cinematical it appears that Sony are actively engaging the Church in order to consider the alteration of the story of The Da Vinci Code for the movie adaptation.
…the Seattle Post-Intelligencer quotes the New York Times: “[Sony] studio officials have consulted with Catholic and other Christian specialists on how they might alter the plot of the novel to avoid offending the devout.” Okay, hasn’t this humongous bestseller that everyone and their dog has read (or at least knows about) been the bane of many Christians since it was first published? Did the studio forget all of this when they set out to make the movie? Why base a movie on a controversial book when you want to avoid controversy?
I’ve left in their editorial comments afterwards as I wholly agree, I have the same opinion, there was no surprise going into this project and surely they realise that the movie version would also court controversy with the Church as has the book. So why the hell are they starting to ask what they could change in order to make it more palatable to them?
Sure, and as both Cinematical and John would say, money is the answer, it always is. Yet who are they really concerned with? Isn’t it just the US audience? I do think other world movie markets would be much more accepting of this movie and wouldn’t just stand up against it without realising that this is a movie based on a piece of fiction. I think the Church need to realise that gone is the age of wiping out opinions that are not your own.
Where’s Sony’s dedication to the original material? The power of the Church is definitely strong, we’re seeing all religious references removed from His Dark Materials: Golden Compass, and now could it be the same with the Da Vinci Code? I find that incredible if it’s true, how could they make the story work then?
