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2026 has been anything but a quiet year for Tom Hanks, who returned to his iconic role as Woody in the fifth Toy Story movie that’s currently tearing up the box office. Even before this, though, Hanks has been hard at work filming the sequel to Greyhound, his hit Apple TV World War II movie that premiered back in 2020. Greyhound has become one of the biggest streaming hits of the last 10 years on any platform. Hanks is a two-time Oscar winner for his performances in back-to-back years in Forrest Gump and Philadelphia, but he’s been nominated a handful of other times, including as recently as 2020 for his work in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Hanks’ most recent project comes from narrating a World War II series bringing fans through all the most important historical events from the conflict.
When any actor has been starring in movies as long as Tom Hanks, it’s only expected that some projects are going to be met with a warmer reception than others. One of Hanks’ films that was widely disliked by both critics and audiences was the 2006 film, The Da Vinci Code, which was written by Akiva Goldsman and directed by Ron Howard — the film is based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown. Despite the negative reception which led to The Da Vinci Code earning scores of 25% from critics and 57% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was a smash hit at the box office, grossing over $800 million against a $125 million budget. 20 years after its release, the film is without a streaming home, but it has become a VOD sensation on platforms such as Prime Video and Apple TV.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
What Is ‘The Da Vinci Code’ About?
The official synopsis for The Da Vinci Code, which also stars Ian McKellen and Paul Bettany, reads as follows: “When a Louvre curator is murdered, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is thrust into a deadly hunt for the truth. Alongside cryptologist Sophie Neveu, he races through cathedrals and secret vaults, decoding cryptic clues left by Leonardo da Vinci himself. As shadowy forces close in, Langdon uncovers a conspiracy that could shatter two thousand years of history—and faith itself.” Hanks returned three years after The Da Vinci Code to star in the sequel, Angels and Demons, which is streaming for free on Pluto TV. He wrapped up the Da Vinci saga in 2016 with the release of Inferno, which is also streaming for free on Pluto TV.
Check out The Da Vinci Code on VOD platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Tom Hanks’ future projects.
