Christian groups across the globe upped their protest efforts Tuesday as the Cannes Film Festival premiere of ?The Da Vinci Code? drew closer.

Religious organizations from South Korea, Thailand, Greece and India were set to launch boycotts, a hunger strike, and other attempts to disrupt screenings, according to the Associated Press.

The film, adapted from Dan Brown?s biblically huge bestseller, presents the theory that Jesus and Mary Magdalene married and had children, spawning a bloodline that continues to the present day.

The Indian government put a temporary hold on the movie?s release due to complaints.

Christian groups in Thailand asked government censors to cut the film’s ending, fix subtitles that they say are disrespectful to Jesus, and show audiences a notice saying the content is fictional.

A request to block screenings in South Korea, however, was struck down.

?As it is clear that the novel and movie are all fiction … there is no probability that the movie can make viewers mistakenly believe the contents of the movie are facts,? said chief judge Song Jin-hyun in his ruling.

?The Da Vinci Code? will open in North America this Friday.






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