200px|The Da Vinci Code cover (U.K.) Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh , who jointly wrote together with a third author, a 1982 Non-Fiction book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail have taken The Da Vinci Code publisher Random House , to court claiming that The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail storyline has been stolen by Dan Brown . The third author of Holy Blood and the Holy Grail Henry Lincoln , is not involved in the case. The central theme of the two books is that the bloodline from a marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene survives today. If this case is successful it could threaten the film; starring Tom Hanks and Sir Ian McKellen from opening. The Da Vinci Code is a fiction book and has over 36 million copies in print worldwide. The dust jacket for the novel apparently includes longitude and latitude coordinates which lead to the CIA headquarters near Langley, Virginia . Brown's next book, The Solomon Key, is rumoured to be about the Yale Skull and Bones society. Notable alumni of the society include current United States President George W. Bush, former President George H.W. Bush, and Massachusettes Senator John Kerry.
200px|The Da Vinci Code cover (U.K.) and , who jointly wrote together with a third author, a 1982 Non-Fiction book have taken publisher , to court claiming that The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail storyline has been stolen by . The third author of Holy Blood and the Holy Grail , is not involved in the case. The central theme of the two books is that the bloodline from a marriage between and survives today. If this case is successful it could threaten the film; starring and from opening. The Da Vinci Code is a fiction book and has over 36 million copies in print worldwide. The dust jacket for the novel apparently includes longitude and latitude coordinates which lead to the headquarters near , . Brown's next book, The Solomon Key, is rumoured to be about the Yale society. Notable alumni of the society include current United States President George W. Bush, former President George H.W. Bush, and Massachusettes Senator John Kerry.
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