It looks like Inferno might be coming to the big screen. I don’t mean the film version of Dan Brown’s latest novel starring Tom Hanks. But Dante’s Inferno. Yep, you can’t make that up.
Instead of following in the steps of a Noah or Exodus, Warner Bros. is going a different route for its next loosely-based-on-the-Bible story. This time, it’s going to be loosely based on a book loosely based on the Bible. A yes, Dante. The original self-insert Bible fanfiction writer. . . .
Apparently, Warner Bros. is excited by the “franchise potential” of the project. Which is endlessly hilarious to me because Purgatorio and Paradiso are so much more boring than Inferno. There’s a reason most people can only tell you things about one-third of the Divine Comedy. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to Paradiso being split into two movies to capitalize on the franchise, Twilight-style.
DAN ASUNCION
August 28, 2015 - 5:40 pm ·Actually, Joseph, I can see the ROMANTIC potential
of such a story… I'm sure that anyone of us would
venture into dangerous territory, in order to RESCUE
someone we love!
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Thanks for this post; it led me to the art work of
GUSTAVE DORE, whom I had never heard of.
P.S.
Actually, there is a 10th CIRCLE of HELL…
Reserved for screenwriters – even GOOD ones:
DEVELOPMENT:)
Within it, writers with WHITE hot iron pens are
condemned to REWRITE, in fresh lava, scripts
that they've already PERFECTED… Executives
never seem satisfied, and keep saying,
"That's great, but – we've decided to go in
another DIRECTION!"
Joseph Finley
August 29, 2015 - 7:50 am ·I see the potential in it too. Hopefully the executives won't screw it up.