London
(ANI):
Tom
Hanks
and
director
Ron
Howard
will
have
a
tough
time
filming
two
key
scenes
in
their
new
flick
Angels
and
Demons,
based
on
Dan
Brown"s
novel
of
the
same
name,
for
the
Vatican
has
banned
them
from
entering
the
Holy
See
and
any
church
in
Rome.
The
new
movie,
a
prequel
to
The
Da
Vinci
Code,
sees
Hanks
character
Prof
Robert
Langdon
on
a
mission
to
save
the
Vatican
from
being
blown
up
by
a
canister
of
anti-matter.
With
filming
on,
Sony
Pictures
applied
for
permission
to
shoot
two
key
scenes
inside
the
churches
of
Santa
Maria
del
Popolo
and
Santa
Maria
della
Vittoria.
However,
the
makers
will
now
have
to
get
the
scenes
shot
on
a
soundstage
because
the
diocese
of
Rome
has
declined
from
giving
them
permission.
"Usually
we
read
the
script
but
in
this
case
it
wasn't
necessary.
Just
the
name
Dan
Brown
was
enough," the
Telegraph
quoted
Father
Marco
Fibbi,
a
spokesman,
as
saying.
"Angels
and
Demons
peddles
a
type
of
fantasy
that
damages
our
common
religious
beliefs,
just
like
The
Da
Vinci
Code
did." Cardinal
Tarcisio
Bertone,
the
Vatican's
secretary
of
state,
added:
"Boycotting
this
film
is
the
least
we
can
do.
The
book
and
the
film
are
a
pot
pourri
of
nonsense,
a
phantasmagorical
cocktail
of
inventions."
The
crew
has
now
shifted
locations
to
Caserta,
near
Naples,
where
the
former
Royal
Palace
will
double
for
the
inside
of
the
Vatican.