LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13--PRNewswire-AsiaNet/InfoQuest Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar(R)-winning director and writer of A Beautiful Mind, reunite to bring Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, one of the most popular and controversial novels of our time, to the big screen with a cast headed by two-time Academy Award(R) winner Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, and Jean Reno. Produced by Oscar(R)-winner Brian Grazer and John Calley, The Da Vinci Code, based on Brown's novel, which has dominated the best seller list for more than two years, begins with a spectacular murder in the Louvre Museum. All clues point to a covert religious organization that will stop at nothing to protect a secret that threatens to overturn 2,000 years of accepted dogma. The Da Vinci Code opens in theatres everywhere May 2006 SATELLITE INFORMATION LONDON & EUROPE 1st Feed Date: 14th December 2005 Time: 1200-1215 GMT (12:00 PM - 12:15 PM LONDON LOCAL TIME) Arqiva Ref: 65946 2nd Feed Date: 14th December 2005 Time: 1430-1445 GMT (2:30 PM - 2:45 PM LONDON LOCAL TIME) Arqiva Ref: 65947 Satellite: Eutelsat W2 @ 16E D9 C3 Downlink freq: 11675.625 V Symbol rate: 5.632 FEC: 3/4 Color: PAL Arqiva Trouble#: +44.(0) 1962.823000 PacTV London Trouble#: +44.207.702.1427 Also at PacTV London BT Tower on ABQ H3 or refeed within 24 hours by request. ASIA/ PACIFIC 1st Feed Date: 14th December 2005 Time: 1200-1215 GMT (9:00 PM - 9:15 PM TOKYO LOCAL TIME) PAS Ref: 12142005-327 2nd Feed Date: 14th December 2005 Time: 1800-1815 GMT (3:00 AM - 3:15 AM TOKYO LOCAL TIME on 12/15/05) PAS Ref: 12142005-346 Satellite: PAS-2/08C MCPC CH.7 (169' E) Downlink Frequency: 3901.000 MHz Horizontal FEC: 3/4 Symbol Rate: (Ms/s): 30.80000 Virtual Channel: Virtual Channel: 7, Network ID: 1 Color: NTSC Trouble#: PAS NAPA +707.251.1111 Playout point: +1.310.287.3800 LATIN AMERICA 1st Feed Date: 14th December 2005 Time: 1200-1215 GMT (9:00 AM - 9:15 AM BUENOS AIRES LOCAL TIME) PAS Ref: 12142005-328 2nd Feed Date: 14th December 2005 Time: 1700-1715 GMT (2:00 PM -2:15 PM BUENOS AIRES LOCAL TIME) PAS Ref: 12142005-329 Satellite: PAS-9/10C MCPC CH. 7 (58' W) Downlink Frequency: 3880.000 MHz Horizontal FEC: 7/8 Symbol Rate: (Ms/s): 27.69000 Virtual Channel: Virtual Channel: 7, Network ID: 5002 Color: NTSC Trouble#: PAS NAPA +1.707-251-1111 Playout point: +1.310.287.3800 CONTACT: Prue Knight, Columbia Pictures, 310-244-8345 or Lance Enger, Dogmatic, 310-450-3884 The trailer is viewable online at http://www.apple.com/trailers. SOURCE Columbia Pictures --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)--