Angels Demons Movie

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The writers strike has claimed its highest-profile movie to date: Columbia Pictures announced Friday that it was postponing production of "Angels & Demons," the sequel to "The Da Vinci Code." In a statement, the studio said the screenplay was "very strong" but added: "We do not believe it is the fully realized production draft required of this ambitious project."

With filming inside the actual Vatican off-limits to Ron Howard's "Angels & Demons," production designer Allan Cameron and visual effects supervisor Angus Bickerton re-created roughly 40% of St. Peter's Square on 20 acres of parking lot rented from the Hollywood Park racetrack. The two fountains, the steps to the basilica and the entrance area were all re-created full-scale with computer graphics used to complete the rest of the scenery.