Evil Dead Director to Helm Dante's Inferno Movie Adaptation

The big screen version of the EA video game Dante's Inferno has found its director in the man behind the Evil Dead reboot: Fede Alvarez.

Deadline reports that Alvarez will direct the Universal project, which will be produced by Eric Newman and Marc Abraham and EA Entertainment vice president Patrick O’Brien. O'Brien is also a producer on the Need for Speed movie, also based on an EA game.

Inspired by the classic work of Dante Alighieri, the game's story sees Dante descend into the depths of Hell and encounter many gruesome forms of evil while pursuing the soul of his lost love, Beatrice.

The script is being penned by Jay Basu. An earlier draft was written by Bruce McKenna.

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