From: somethingwitty@optusnet.com.au   
      
   George Clooney, Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks, and Hugh   
   Jackman are all in the running to star in a film   
   adaptation of the runaway best-selling book, "The Da   
   Vinci Code," according to author Dan Brown.   
      
   Brown disclosed the names of the potential stars of   
   the flick when speaking to an audience in Concord, New   
   Hampshire recently - and the crowd gave the loudest   
   applause to Clooney, reports the Union Leader of   
   Manchester.   
      
   Brown said he resisted having his book made into a   
   film, but Miramax head Harvey Weinstein convinced him   
   that the public needs to know about "The Da Vinci   
   Code" - and most people don't read.   
      
   "He absolutely appealed to my ego," Brown said.   
   Paramount, however, is making the film.   
      
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