Johnny Depp‘s production company
Infinitum Nihil has picked up screen rights to the
Nick Tosches novel “
In the Hand of Dante.” The novel will be developed as a potential starring vehicle for Depp.
The book revolves around Dante's masterwork The Divine Comedy, and tells parallel storylines involving Dante in 14th-century Italy as he tries to complete the work, and a contemporary storyline involving Tosches, who is asked to authenticate what might be Dante's original manuscript. Depp would play Tosches.
Depp is currently working on
Tim Burton‘s “
Alice In Wonderland“, “
The Lone Ranger“, “
Pirates of the Caribbean 4” and voicing the title character in the
Gore Verbinski-directed animated film “
Rango.” According to
Variety, Depp is planning on shooting the long awaited “
The Rum Diary” in March
Infinitum Nihil also is working on a film transfer of “
Dark Shadows” that will have Johnny Depp playing Barnabas Collins.
In the Hand of Dante is a great book with one of the best paragraph’s written in modern literature. Nich Tosche is a great modern writter, who better play the role than one of the best actor’s of our time, Johnny Depp. It’s a perfect fit, and it is my opinion will be a blockbuster movie, especially with the subject matter of the book. If you haven’t read In the Hand of Dante, you should! By Screen Actor Guild Member: James Matarazzo Jr.