EWAN MCGREGOR - MCGREGOR TO JOIN ANGELS + DEMONS?

Actor EWAN MCGREGOR is in negotiations to join the cast of TOM HANKS' forthcoming movie ANGELS AND DEMONS.
Filmmaker Ron Howard will direct the film, the prequel to 2006 blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, in what will be the second big-screen adaptation of Dan Brown's popular books.
Hanks is set to reprise his role as symbologist Robert Langdon as he embarks upon a quest to uncover a conspiracy within the Catholic Church.
And MCGregor is reportedly being touted to play a powerful Vatican insider assisting Langdon, according to Variety.
If the rumours are true, he will joins new leading lady Ayelet Zurer in the movie.
Filming is set to begin in May (08).