Dante’s Inferno film
Dante’s Inferno film script snapped up by The WB!
Warner Brothers are planning to bring a new Dante’s Inferno film to the big screen. Deadline broke the news of the acquisition of Dwain Worrell‘s original screenplay, which will be produced by the Academy Award-winning Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) and Gianni Nunnari, who produced Seven and The Departed. So not a bad team then?
Worrell’s script is based on the epic love story that is the first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy where Dante descends through the nine circles of hell to save the woman he loves.
It’s a vast text by Dante Alighieri, that dates from c. 1308 to 1320; one that you read more about here.
Here’s a taster from The World Of Dante:
[quote_box_center]Dante’s Inferno, widely hailed as one of the great classics of Western literature, details Dante’s journey through the nine circles of Hell. The voyage begins during Easter week in the year 1300, the descent through Hell starting on Good Friday. After meeting his guide, the eminent Roman poet Virgil, in a mythical dark wood, the two poets begin their descent through a baleful world of doleful shades, horrifying tortures, and unending lamentation.[/quote_box_center]
We don’t have a lot more on the film project other than that, but we’ll keep you posted.
