Ian McKellen and Alfred Molina have been set to star in the Ron Howard-directed adaptation of the Dan Brown bestseller
The Da Vinci Code, according to Variety.
Molina will play zealous Bishop Arigarosa, who's keenly interested in the sleuthing activities of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and cryptographer Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou). McKellen will play Sir Teabing, a wealthy man who acts as a resource for Langdon even as he shows his own ambitions to uncover the Holy Grail.
The Da Vinci Code begins production in June for a May 19, 2006, release.