British actor Sir Ian McKellen doffs his hat to the media prior to the naming of a Eurostar train "The Da Vinci Code" at Waterloo Station in London, May 16, 2006. The train is named after the film, which has its world premiere in Cannes on May 17.
Author Dan Brown stands with actor Tom Hanks, right, following the naming of a Eurostar train "The Da Vinci Code" at Waterloo Station in London on May 16, 2006. Hanks and other cast members set off from London to Cannes, in southern France, on the train in pursuit of a world record for the longest non-stop international train journey.
British actor Paul Bettany looks towards the media prior to the naming of a Eurostar train at Waterloo Station in London on May 16, 2006. The train was named "The Da Vinci Code" after the film starring Bettany and Tom Hanks. The film premieres at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17.
A general view of the Eurostar check-in area of Waterloo Station, which is adorned with a giant version of the Mona Lisa, background left, for the naming of a Eurostar train "The Da Vinci Code" in London, May 16, 2006. The train left Waterloo on Tuesday with the cast and director of the film in an attempt to set a world record for the longest international non-stop train journey from London to Cannes.
Actor Tom Hanks, right, stands with French actress Audrey Tautou and director Ron Howard and with Eurostar Chairman Guillaume Pepy, left, for the naming of a Eurostar train "The Da Vinci Code" at Waterloo Station in London on May 16, 2006.
Actor Tom Hanks, right, and actress Audrey Tautou, stars of "The Da Vinci Code," attend the naming of a Eurostar train in London on May 16, 2006. The train is named after the book by author Dan Brown, which has been made into a film that premieres Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Actor Tom Hanks, right, stands with French actress Audrey Tautou, below right, and director Ron Howard, front left with Paul Bettany, top left, and Sir Ian McKellen, top right, following the naming of a Eurostar train "The Da Vinci Code" at Waterloo Station in London on May 16, 2006. The group rode the train from London to Cannes, hoping to set a world record time for the longest international non-stop train journey.
French actor Jean Reno waves to the media prior to the naming of a Eurostar train "The Da Vinci Code" at Waterloo Station in London on May 16, 2006. The cast, led by Tom Hanks, left London aboard the train for the Cannes Film Festival.
The newly named train, "The Da Vinci Code," is seen at Eurostar's Waterloo International Terminal on May 16, 2006, in London. The high-speed train was in pursuit of a world record. Going nonstop over the 883 miles from London to the festival in southern France would put the train into the Guinness Book of World Records.
The newly named train, "The Da Vinci Code," is seen at Eurostar's Waterloo International Terminal in London on May 16, 2006. The train, named for the novel and the movie that debuts on May 17, is carrying the movie's cast from London to the Cannes Film Festival in southern France in an attempt to set a world record for the longest international non-stop journey.
Actor Sir Ian McKellen talks to journalists during a photo call for "The Da Vinci Code" at Eurostar's Waterloo International Terminal in London on May 16, 2006.
French actress Audrey Tautou smiles during a photo call for "The Da Vinci Code" on May 16, 2006, in London. The cast was on hand as a Eurostar train was named in honor of the film, then boarded the train for a high-speed ride to Cannes, France, where the film, based on the book by Dan Brown, will premiere Wednesday night.
"The Da Vinci Code's" Alfred Molina talks to the media at Eurostar's Waterloo International Terminal in London on May 16, 2006. The cast of the highly anticipated movie set off for the Cannes Film Festival, where the movie will premiere Wednesday, on the high-speed train.
Director Ron Howard poses in London on May 16, 2006, the eve of the Cannes Film Festival. His adaptaion of the Dan Brown bestseller "The Da Vinci Code," has triggered a wave of protests among Christians for suggesting that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and they established a dynasty that the Catholic Church stopped at nothing to try to cover up.
"The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown rides on a high-speed train named for the movie, Tuesday, May 16, 2006, as part of a massive promotional blitz leading up to the film's world premiere Wednesday in Cannes. The London-Cannes train went 883 miles in 7 hours, 25 minutes, breaking the world record for the longest non-stop international rail trip.
Welcome To Cannes
English actor Alfred Molina, left, English actor Ian McKellen, center, and English actor Paul Bettany, stars in the new movie "The Da Vinci Code," arrive at the train station in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. "The Da Vinci Code" will open the 59th international film festival Wednesday night.
Director Ron Howard, left and and French State Rail Operator CEO Guillaume Pepy pose with a Guinness World Records certificate upon arriving at the Cannes train station, southern France, May 16 2006. The cast arrived via "The Da Vinci Code" Eurostar train, setting a new world record for the longest non-stop international train journey with a distance of 883 miles from London to Cannes.
Actress Audrey Tautou, right, receives flowers from a young girl after arriving in southern France aboard the new Da Vinci Code Eurostar train, May 16, 2006, ahead of Wednesday's world premiere of the film at the Cannes Film Festival.
Tom Hanks and other stars of "The Da Vinci Code" arrive to waiting fans in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 16, 2006. The cast arrived aboard a train from London that broke the world record for the longest non-stop international rail trip. The film, directed by Ron Howard, officially opens the 59th annual film festival Wednesday night.
French actress Audrey Tautou, left, looks at director Ron Howard as they pose upon their arrival at the Cannes train station May 16, 2006, in southern France, on the eve of the start of the 59th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Their film, "The Da Vinci Code," premieres Wednesday, kicking off the festival.