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"I’m happy to say it is in beautiful Florence in Italy," Ron
Howard, director of all the three previous films, told Reuters
in Singapore on Tuesday, adding that the location was
appropriate given that the city was the "centerpiece of the
movie".
The premiere will be on Oct. 8.
"Inferno" sets Harvard symbologist Langdon, played by Tom Hanks,
on a manhunt as he races to stop a plot to control the world's
population by the unleashing of a deadly artificial plague.
The film is the latest in line from the blockbuster book and
film franchise that began with Brown's 2003 religious-themed
mystery novel "The Da Vinci Code", and sees Hanks reprising the
role of the character he once described as "the smartest guy in
the room".
The movie's name and many of the symbols examined by Langdon
draw largely from the life and works of Alighieri, whose
greatest literary achievement was the 14th-century "Divine
Comedy" trilogy, the first of which is entitled "Inferno", and
describes nine circles of suffering in hell.
The film also stars British actress Felicity Jones and Indian
actor Irrfan Khan, while Ben Foster plays the scientist who
intends on releasing the virus to solve the world's population
increase.
(Writing by Karishma Singh; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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