Code Of Conduct & Sho Me The Footage

Here's the latest on The Da Vinci Code lawsuit I first talked about on February 27th. The update courtesy of yesterday's daily Studio Briefing on The Internet Movie Database website:

Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who claim in their lawsuit that Dan Brown, stole the principal ideas for The Da Vinci Code from their book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, took a pummeling from the defense Tuesday. In London High Court, Baigent was forced to admit that parts of his written witness statement in which he accused Brown of lifting numerous ideas from his book were untrue. (For example, The Da Vinci Code contains no mention of the writers' theory that Christ did not die on the Cross and in fact faked his Crucifixion, a theory that the witness statement said formed part of Brown's narrative.) "I think my language was infelicitous, and I think I have to agree with you on that," Baigent told the court. "You could have told the truth, for instance," the attorney for Random House, Brown's publisher, replied. (The Baigent-Leigh book was also published by Random House.) Meanwhile the Christian Council of Korea has asked Sony to cancel the planned May release of The Da Vinci Code in that country. The council accused the filmmakers of disparaging "the divinity of Jesus Christ."

Based on this blurb, it sounds to me like this lawsuit is nothing more than sour grapes on the part of the plaintiffs, and things may not have a happy ending for them. Stay Tuned...

Just last week, it was reported that Superman Returns star, Brandon Routh will be in the spotlight at ShoWest during the event's closing ceremony. Now comes word that the film's director Bryan Singer will be there as well.

The ShoWest schedule on their website reveals that on Thursday March 16th at 2.30pm, Warner Bros. will be presenting various directors and their films... including Bryan Singer who will be presenting exclusive footage from "Superman Returns".

This news comes courtesy of Steve Younis from the Superman Homepage.

Considering that it's been quite a long time since anyone outside the cast and crew has seen any new footage from the film, and the next trailer isn't due until May, this is good news. You can bet that I will be keeping my eyes peeled for any news on this exclusive imagery. I just wonder how long it will stay "exclusive"?