Catholic group Opus Dei is threatening to sue the makers of the film version of 'The Da Vinci Code'.
The organization is very angry for being described so secretive and also for showing an Opus Dei member in the position of an assassin.
A spokesman for Opus Dei declared that "This type of film portrays us as sinister criminals who have kept a lie for 2,000 years, and this is just not true."
The film is based on Dan Brown's controversial book about the Holy Grail. Ron Howard's "The Da Vinci Code" will open the 59th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, two days before the film is released worldwide.
The film stars Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen and Alfred Molina and is said to screen out of competition, as the event organizers appreciated.
"Da Vinci," which uses the Louvre Museum in Paris as one of its main backdrops, is an esoteric mystery linked to a sinister plot to conceal the true meaning of the Holy Grail. The book, which has sold more than 30 million copies in about 40 languages, has been denounced by the Roman Catholic Church and historians as pure fiction.
Howard, whose "A Beautiful Mind" won Oscars for best picture and director in 2002, first came to Cannes in 1988 with "Willow." His other Cannes screenings have included "Far and Away" in 1992 and "Ed TV" in 1999. Now, he's doing it again with "The Da Vinci Code"
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