Hey Yo, Draven here.
No surprise here, but all of you Robert Langdon fans are going to have to wait a little bit longer for INFERNO, the third Tom Hanks-starring, Ron Howard-directed, Dan Brown adaptation. It was scheduled to open on December 18th, 2015, which also happens to be the date that the little independent film, STAR WARS: EPISODE VII is scheduled to open.
Sony has wisely moved away from that date and INFERNO is now scheduled for October 14th, 2016, which will make for a great Halloween movie if Tom Hanks decides to keep his hairstyle from the first two films.
All kidding aside though, this is more than just moving away from STAR WARS. INFERNO isn’t scheduled to start shooting until next spring and that would make for a short turnaround for a film that I am sure will take a few months to film (not to mention the editing and effects work).
The interesting thing is that ANGELS & DEMONS came out in 2009 which will make it a 7-year difference between the two films. The Dan Brown phenomenon seems to have come and gone, but Tom Hanks is one of the last true movie stars who is still able to draw an audience based on his participation alone. That's what Sony is probably counting on with INFERNO but the real question is, does this film have any chance at being decent?
Here is the synopsis for those interested:
"In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces… Dante’s Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust… before the world is irrevocably altered."
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