Columbia Picturres has finally decided to step up development of the big screen adaptation of
Dan Brown's latest book, and
Da Vinci Code sequel
The Lost Symbol. The studio has hired
Steven Knight, whose credits include
Eastern Promises, dirty pretty things, who also penned drafts of Martin Scorsese's
Shutter Island and
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The third adventure is a 12-hour race to the