A few days ago, Sony Pictures unveiled the world premiere ofRon Howard’supcoming movieInfernoin Florence, Italy. The film marks the third in the Robert Langdon franchise, following 2006’sThe Da Vinci Codeand 2009’sAngels & Demons, and findsTom Hanksreturning as the franchise’s hero. InInferno, Dr. Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia and must team up with Dr. Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) to recover his memories and stop a madman from unleashing a plague inspired by Dante’s Inferno.Infernoalso starsIrrfan Khan,Omar Sy,Ben Foster, andSidse Babett Knudsen.
Shortly before the premiere began, I managed to get a few minutes on the red carpet with best-selling author and Robert Langdon creatorDan Brown. He talked about what it’s like seeing his creations on movie screens, why they haven’t yet madeThe Lost Symbolinto a movie, what is it like when the filmmakers say they want to make changes to theInfernostory, the status of the next Robert Langdon book, and more. Check out what he had to say in the video above and below you’ll find a breakdown of what we talked about along with the official synopsis.Infernois in theaters October 28th.
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Here’s the official synopsis forInferno:
Academy Award® winner Ron Howard returns to direct the latest bestseller in Dan Brown’s (Da Vinci Code) billion-dollar Robert Langdon series, Inferno, which finds the famous symbologist (again played by Tom Hanks) on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop a madman from unleashing a global virus that would wipe out half of the world’s population.
