Tom Hanks is reportedly ready to star in a third Da Vinci Code film.

The Oscar winner played Robert Langdon in 2006's The Da Vinci Code and its 2009 sequel Angels & Demons, both based on Dan Brown's bestselling novels. According to Cinemablend, Hanks is to reprise the role for an adaptation of Brown's third book The Lost Symbol.

"[He is] all but ready to return to the character of Robert Langdon," said a source.

The film is close to pre-production. Studio Columbia Pictures is eying a 2012 release.

It is unclear if Ron Howard, director of the first two films, will return for the sequel.

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