While this was never romantic in the films, this new, younger portrayal of Langdon was previously involved with Solomon’s daughter, Katherine. We also get a return of Langdon’s dedication to helping and protecting the young women who accompany him on his journeys.

But Peacock’s version shows a man who practically despises it. Though Hanks’ Langdon never professed faith, he was at least sympathetic toward it. With Langdon’s brilliant puzzle-solving (and some claustrophobia that developed after getting trapped in a well as a young boy), comes a certain disdain towards organized religion (he was raised Catholic). Here we get a slightly more colorful version of the character previously portrayed by Tom Hanks. Robert Langdon is, of course, the protagonist of The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and Inferno (all based on novels by Dan Brown). Instead, Mal’akh is placing the fate of the world in Langdon’s hands. Oh no, because that wouldn’t be simple enough. The portal is said to contain the knowledge of the ancients.īut it’s not just Solomon’s life on the line.

Mal’akh wants Langdon to dive into Solomon’s research to find the location of a mystical portal and unlock it. And Langdon’s willingness to follow those clues will determine whether or not Solomon lives. The phone call was a ruse by a shady character who calls himself Mal’akh. However, upon arrival, instead of finding Solomon, he finds Solomon’s hand. When Robert Langdon, a professor of symbology at Harvard, gets a call from his mentor, Peter Solomon, asking him to speak at a gala event in Washington, D.C., he hops on the first flight out.

The lost symbol 2021