Johnny Depp to Adapt In the Hand of Dante

While Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is the main future vehicle drawing attention for Johnny Depp, the actor's production company has acquired the movie rights to the Nick Tosches novel "In the Hand of Dante."

Variety reports that the novel will be developed as a potential film for Depp.

The book focuses on Dante's classic "The Divine Comedy," and it tells parallel story lines involving Dante in 14th-century Italy as he tries to complete the work, along with a contemporary ploy involving Tosches, who is asked to authenticate what might be Dante's original manuscript. Depp would portray Tosches.

Sounds... interesting.