Considering the landscape of both books and television, it’s hard not to feel like a TV series devoted to Brown’s character is arriving a few years past its expiration date. Now, though, it’s hard to remember what all the fuss was about. The eventual adaptation in 2006, starring Tom Hanks, didn’t have as much controversy as the novel, but it did have plenty of its own success.

It’s hard to describe the events of 2003 to someone who didn’t feverishly rush out to read Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code,” one of the most popular books at the time, equally loved and castigated for its claims about Jesus being married and having children. The Lost Symbol premiere will stream September 16 on Peacock, with new episodes released weekly, but until then you can get your fix by reading the (bad in a fun way) books or watching the (bad in a … less fun way) movies.It’s been five years since audiences last saw Dan Brown’s character Robert Langdon in the 2016 feature film “Inferno” and it honestly feels like a moment in time that can’t be recreated. We also get a closer look at the heavily tattooed body that obsessive fans (hi!) will probably recognize as the novel’s main antagonist, a man who treats transforming his body like a spiritual experience. A new trailer for the series hints at a few more plot points from the novel, including Solomon’s severed hand left in the Capitol’s Rotunda and the assistance of Solomon’s sister (and requisite lithe love interest for Robert), Katherine.

(No offense to Tom Hanks, but that’s actually a bit more true to the books than the movies are - Dan Brown loves to remind his readers how irresistible to the ladies Robert Langdon is.)īilled as a prequel, despite its source material being the third book in the Robert Langdon series, The Lost Symbol stars Ashley Zukerman (last seen as Shiv’s sidepiece on Succession) as a young Langdon who is invited into an ancient Masonic scavenger hunt across Washington, D.C., when his mentor, Peter Solomon (Eddie Izzard), is kidnapped.

The symbologist-slash-action-hero of Dan Brown’s best-selling series and Ron Howard’s film adaptations ( Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and Inferno) is getting his own show on Peacock.

Huge news for dads everywhere and also me, personally: Robert Langdon is back.

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