Johnny Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil has acquired screen rights to the Nick Tosches novel "
In the Hand of Dante." The novel will be developed as a potential star vehicle for Depp.
Book revolves around Dante's masterwork "The Divine Comedy," and tells parallel storylines involving Dante in 14th-century Italy as he tries to complete the work, and a contemporary storyline involving Tosches, who is asked to authenticate what might be Dante's original manuscript. Depp would play Tosches. The novel was published in 2002.