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Morgan Spector to Lead Netflix's Dan Brown Langdon Series

7/28/2026

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Morgan Spector is cast as Robert Langdon in Netflix’s adaptation of Dan Brown’s 2025 novel *The Secret of Secrets*.
Dan Brown and Carlton Cuse co-create the series, with Cuse writing, showrunning and executive-producing.
Netflix secured the series in a May 2025 bidding war, ordered it straight-to-series after the September 9 2025 novel release, and says it blends futuristic science with mystical lore, with no release date announced.

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Story summary

Morgan Spector is cast as Robert Langdon in Netflix’s adaptation of Dan Brown’s 2025 novel *The Secret of Secrets*.
Dan Brown and Carlton Cuse co-create the series, with Cuse writing, showrunning and executive-producing.
Netflix secured the series in a May 2025 bidding war, ordered it straight-to-series after the September 9 2025 novel release, and says it blends futuristic science with mystical lore, with no release date announced.