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HOLLYWOOD - A sequel to the blockbuster movie adaptation The Da Vinci Code is in the works.
 
Scriptwriter Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the Dan Brown novel for the screen, has reportedly been paid $3.8 million to write the sequel.

However, it’s said the sequel will not be an original story, but will actually be based on Angels and Demons, the book which precedes The Da Vinci Code.

Sources claim the plot, which sees cryptologist Robert Langdon, played by Tom Hanks, help a woman to discover the links between her father’s death and secret society conspiracies, will be altered so that it can follow on from the first film.

It is expected the movie will be released in 2008.

via Hollywood.com

Angelina Jolie is adopting an Indian baby to add to her growing international brood, according to US reports.

Sources say the big-hearted actress and partner Brad Pitt have already applied to adopt a tot from an Indian orphanage. An insider said: "They hope to be able to bring the child home by Christmas.

"Brad would prefer a boy no older than 18 months to even out the sexes but Angie has told him she can’t guarantee she won’t fall in love with a little girl."

The source told US magazine Globe: "Whichever they end up with, they’d like to name the child India to honour its homeland." The pair are rumoured to have visited the Priva Darshini orphanage in the last month.

Angelina’s first child, five-year-old Maddox, was adopted from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002. And last year she adopted an Ethiopian baby girl - Zahara Marley Jolie - orphaned by AIDS, now 22-months-old.

She and actor Brad Pitt, 42, had a daughter together, baby Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, in May 2006. Angelina, 31, has declared that she’d like kiddies from all over the world.

She has said: "I want to create a rainbow family. That’s children of different religions and cultures from different countries."

"I believe I’m meant to find my children in the world and not necessarily have them genetically."

Miss Jolie and Pitt have been virtually inseparable since the actor split from Friends star Jennifer Aniston in January last year.

They grew close after appearing in the film Mr and Mrs Smith.

CONTROVERSIAL cartoon South Park is set to cause a storm by poking fun at the death of Aussie crocodile hunter Steve Irwin this week.

The show has Irwin at Satan’s Halloween party — where guests include Hitler and Princess Di — with a STINGRAY poking from his chest. But Satan kicks him out as he isn’t in fancy dress.

Irwin was killed in September when the barb of a stingray punctured his heart while he was snorkeling near to the Great Barrier Reef.

In case his movie doesn’t succeed, Borat has already devised another money making scheme — selling children to Madonna.

At Wednesday’s London premiere of "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,’ the bumbling journalist told reporters about his grand plan.

"I have come here with Bilak, my 11 year old son, his wife and their child, and we are hoping maybe to put some chocolate make-up on the child’s face and sell him to Madonna. I am hoping that Madonna will be a very good father for it."

Borat’s other backup plans: Ice maker, gypsy catcher or animal sperm collector — specializing in camels.

HONG KONG — Mariah Carey’s weekend concert was canceled Thursday because of poor ticket sales and what promoters said were the pop star’s "unreasonable demands."

Carey was to perform Saturday at an outdoor space near Hong Kong’s Central financial district. Promoter Concerts Asia said it had only sold 4,000 tickets, despite a "substantial" advertising campaign.

"We have decided to cancel the event effective immediately due to both the poor response of public ticket sales and also due to specific last-minute demands which we find wholly unreasonable and not with the best interests of Hong Kong, us and also the fans," said a statement posted Thursday on the promoter’s Web site.

Concerts Asia declined further comment, and contact information for Carey wasn’t immediately available.

Hits by the 36-year-old Grammy-winning singer include "We Belong Together."

© 2006 The Associated Press.