Da Vinci Code 'copied book ideas'
Okay I know they have a point, but why has it taken so long for this to happen, and how do they know that Mr Brown didn’t research it himself? I wonder what this will do to the film?
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4754308.stm
A claim that Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code copied the ideas of two other authors has gone before London's High Court.
Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh say Mr Brown stole "the whole architecture" of research that went into their 1982 book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail.
Both books contain the idea Jesus had a child. They are suing publisher Random House, which denies the allegation.
Mr Brown attended the court on Monday as a judge heard initial submissions.
The Da Vinci Code won best book at this year's British Book Awards and more than 30 million copies have been sold in about 40 languages.
It has been adapted into a $100m (£57m) movie starring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou and Sir Ian McKellen, which is due to open this year's Cannes film festival.