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Screenwriter gets $4 million to write the Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels and Demons.

A new high for a screenwriter. That's right, $4 million for an adaptation. Of a book that was deliberately written to be commerically successful .

"... Akiva Goldsman, who adapted Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller into a $755.6 mil hit pic, is receiving $4 million for the Da Vinci Code sequel in the works by both Imagine Entertainment and Sony Pictures. Not only is that major moola, but agents are telling me this represents a new $$$ high for hiring a screenwriter (not buying a spec script) -- and not even an original screenplay, but an adaptation of a book. And, no, Goldsman isn't getting a producer credit, so this is for straight scribbling. "That would be a lot for a pure writer's credit," one agent gushed. "It puts Akiva in the absolute top of his profession." Via Deadline Hollywood Daily.com

Good for him. A rising tide lifts all boats, as they say.

Thanks to Defamer.com for pointing us to the story. Photo via corbis.com