Ron Howard and Akiva Goldman, the Oscar®-winning director and writer of A Beautiful Mind, reunite to bring Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code , one of the most popular and controversial novels of our time, to the big screen with a cast headed by two-time Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Sir Ian McKellan, Alfred Molina and Jean Reno. Produced by Oscar®-winner Brian Grazer and John Calley, The Da Vinci Code begins with a spectacular murder in the Louvre museum. All clues point to a covert religious organization that will stop at nothing to protect a secret that threatens to overturn 2,000 years of accepted dogma. The Decca soundtrack will be released May 9 and features original music composed by Academy Award® winner Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down).