Vatican Bans Filming Of "Da Vinci Code" Sequel

By Cernig

The Vatican has banned moviemakers working on "Angels and Demons" from filming in the Holy See or any church in Rome - and they didn't even read the script first.

Father Marco Fibbi, a spokesman, said: "Usually we read the script but in this case it wasn't necessary. Just the name Dan Brown was enough. "

He added that most films are given permission, as long as they respect the "traditions of the Church". Father Fibbi said: "Angels and Demons peddles a type of fantasy that damages our common religious beliefs, just like The Da Vinci Code did."

The Catholic Church is still angry over The Da Vinci Code, which suggested that Jesus may have been secretly married to Mary Magdalene. When the movie came out, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, said: "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 scenes in Rome churches will now be shot in mock-ups on a soundstage. At which point filming will be interupted by Bobby Jindal and four others looking to exorcise Dan Brown and Tom Hanks while yelling something about no-one expecting them...

Comments

[Steve]

Throwing in a little Monty Python for us, C?

[Steve Hynd]

:-) Of course. There's always room for a little Python in my life.

Regards, C

[David C]

"The book and the film are a pot pourri of nonsense, a phantasmagorical cocktail of inventions."

Just like the Roman church and its doctrines.

[anderson]

Well, I would exorcise Dan Brown, but for entirely different reasons. Have you read the man's work? Appalling.

[steve]

my family and i were just talking about how strange it was that the vatican allowed the "Da Vinci Code" to be released seeing how it offered new and unwanted theories about the church. this just adds fuel to the fire that the church REALLY doesn't want anything other than their story to be released. i wonder why... maybe those countless books and scrolls in the vatican archives explain the story more along Dan Browns thought process.

[Martin]

HAHAHA!! You know, when the church bans something, that there is some truth behind it.

[KNOBLE]

If everyone's stories about jesus, the begining etc is such bullshit, why is the vatican hiding books in its archives that no one can see? May it shed some light on the truth? Will it prove that God doesn't care about what building you pray in or that you don't need to give money to go to heaven.

Like the guy from scientology said, if you wanna become rich, start a religion.

so %!@# you Vatican

[Opiate for the masses]

wow, this reminds me of south park.... "Mom, the pope won't come out of the closet!!!"