Morgan Spector (The Gilded Age) "is poised to succeed America's Dad Tom Hanks as Professor Robert Langdon," Deadline reported, adding that Spector "is in negotiations to headline" Netflix's series adaptation of Dan Brown's latest novel, The Secret of Secrets. Rebecca Hall (The Town) is also in talks to co-star. Filming is scheduled to begin this fall in Prague.
In The Secret of Secrets, "symbologist Robert Langdon (Spector) races against ancient forces and time to rescue his girlfriend, missing scientist Katherine Solomon (Hall), and her groundbreaking manuscript whose discoveries have the power to forever change humanity's understanding of the mind," Deadline wrote.
Brown and Carlton Cuse are co-creators and executive producers of the as yet untitled project, with Cuse serving as writer and showrunner. Emma Forman of Cuse's Genre-Arts also exec produces.