Audrey Tautou to crack The Da Vinci Code

Charming French actress Audrey Tautou (Amelie, Dirty Pretty Things, A Very Long Engagement) is to star in the mystical thriller Da Vinci Code, the film adaptation of Dan Brown’ s bestselling book, scheduled to be released in May 2006, reports the French newspaper Le Parisian.

The movie version of Dan Brown’s best-selling novel is being directed by Ron Howard and also stars Tom Hanks.

Tautou will play Hanks’ code-cracking partner, according to various newspapers.

She is currently starring in A Very Long Engagement, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

It is Neveu’s grandfather’s murder in the Louvre that brings her and Langdon together to search for his killer as they also try to unravel a secret that involves the foundation of Christianity.

Jean Reno plays Detective Bezu Fache in the project produced by Brian Grazer and John Calley.

Jeunet was also responsible for directing Tautou in Amelie in 2001, which launched the actress into the mainstream.

Production is scheduled to begin in mid-2005 with an eye for a May 19, 2006, release.