THE DA VINCI CODE - VATICAN BARS USE OF CHURCHES FOR FILMING

VATICAN BARS USE OF CHURCHES FOR FILMING

Vatican officials, who strongly protested against the film version of The Da Vinci Code two years ago, have launched a similar attack on its prequel, Angels & Demons, barring the producers from using two churches in Rome as location sites for the movie. Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for the Rome diocese, told the Associated Press that requests to film at the sites were denied because the movie "does not conform to our views." He added, "This is a prequel to The Da Vinci Code and it's clear that the theme is similar."

17/06/2008