Inferno
Short description
Inferno follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who wakes up in an Italian hospital with no memory of the past few days. With the help of Dr. Sienna Brooks, he sets out to recover his lost recollections while staying ahead of the people pursuing him. The pair travel across Europe in a race to stop a plot of global proportions that draws on the imagery and themes of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The film is a mystery thriller built around symbols, codes and a threat to the wider world.
Ron Howard directed the film, the twenty-fourth of thirty-two features in his directing career in chronological order, following In the Heart of the Sea and preceding The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years. David Koepp wrote the screenplay, and Brian Grazer and Howard produced. Tom Hanks plays Langdon, with Felicity Jones as Sienna Brooks. The cast also includes Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Ben Foster. It was made for 75 million USD and grossed 220 million USD worldwide. Audience scores sit close together: 6.2/10 on IMDb from 202,000 votes and 6.1/10 on TMDB from 6,787 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown, which is the fourth book in the series about the adventures of Robert Langdon.
- Initially, Ron Howard was reluctant to film another movie based on Dan Brown's novel about Professor Robert Langdon. He decided to remain with the creative team for the film “The Lost Symbol” as a producer. Mark Romanek was appointed as the director, and Tom Hanks once again landed the lead role. Meanwhile, Brown released a fourth novel titled “Inferno,” and the studio shelved the “The Lost Symbol” project, justifying its decision with the alleged similarity of its plot and overall idea to John Turteltaub’s adventure film “National Treasure” (2004). Studio executives decided to film a movie based on Brown’s fourth novel with Hanks in the lead role. Howard took on directing “Inferno.” As for the adaptation of “The Lost Symbol,” this project remained in limbo for a long time, and its future was uncertain. However, on January 20, 2017, following the successful release of “Inferno,” the start of its production was announced.
- On July 13, 2013, the film company "Sony Pictures" scheduled the release of "Inferno" for December 18, 2015. It later became known that "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" would be released on December 14, 2015, and the premiere of "Inferno" was postponed to October 2016.
- Tom Hanks' third appearance on screen as Robert Langdon after his work in the films directed by Ron Howard, "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) and "Angels & Demons" (2009). Howard also directed "Inferno" (2016).
- During location shooting, the working title of the film was “Headache,” possibly due to the concussion that Robert Langdon received at the very beginning of the events described.
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