McKellen joins cast of DaVinci Code

Sir Ian McKellen joins Tom Hanks, Alfred Molina, and Amelia’s Audrey Tautou in the film adaptation of the wildly popular novel.

“Sir Ian, 65, is to portray historian Sir Leigh Teabing, who is obsessed with finding the Holy Grail.

The movie may eclipse the success of Titanic – the biggest grossing film of all time – thanks to the book’s success across the world, where it has been attacked by the Vatican as heresy and sold more than 18 million copies in 44 languages.”

Or it could crash and burn. Having a harder time hoping for that now that Sir Ian’s on board.