Morgan Spector to Play Langdon in Netflix Dan Brown Series
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- Morgan Spector is in negotiations to play Robert Langdon in Netflix's series based on Dan Brown's "The Secret of Secrets," which was ordered at the streamer in May 2025
- Rebecca Hall is in talks for the female lead — a missing scientist whose groundbreaking manuscript about the mind drives the show's plot, per the series logline
- Dan Brown and Carlton Cuse are co-creators and executive producers, with Cuse serving as showrunner under his Genre Arts banner alongside EP Emma Forman
- The Robert Langdon franchise has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 56 languages, with three previous film adaptations starring Tom Hanks grossing more than $2.2 billion combined
- Peacock's 2021 "The Lost Symbol" series — the only prior TV adaptation, starring Ashley Zukerman — lasted just one season, a buried detail that tempers the IP's small-screen track record
- Spector would continue starring in HBO's "The Gilded Age" alongside the Netflix role if both shows move forward; he recently appeared in Netflix's limited series "Black Rabbit"
Why it matters: Netflix is betting on a franchise that has earned $2.2 billion at the box office and sold 250 million books, but its sole prior TV adaptation was canceled after one season. Spector and Hall give the project prestige leads, while Cuse's showrunner track record signals a network-TV-style approach to a mythology-dense property.
