Fede Alvarez to Direct Dante’s Inferno?

Before EA even released the Dante's Inferno video game in 2010, they were shopping the concept around to a number of movie studios and Universal acquired the rights. When the game didn't perform as well as expected and a sequel didn't go right into development, we expected that was the last we'd hear of movie plans. However, it's being reported that the project is moving forward with Evil Dead's Fede Alvarez at the helm.

Deadline is reporting that Alvarez is currently in talks to direct, with Eric Newman, Marc Abraham, and EA's Patrick O’Brien serving as producers. It's quite possible that Alvarez will want to make changes to the script, but it was previously written by Jay Basu with an earlier draft written by Bruce McKenna.

There are no additional details at this time, but we'll keep readers posted on any developments. Missed out on Dante's Inferno when it was released? Here are more details and the official trailer:

"Dante’s Inferno is an epic single player, third-person action adventure game inspired by "Inferno", part one of Dante Alighieri’s classic Italian poem, "The Divine Comedy." Featuring nonstop action rendered at 60 frames-per-second, signature and upgradable weapons, attack combos and mana-fueled spells and the choice of punishing or absolving the souls of defeated enemies, it is a classic Medieval tale of the eternal conflict with sin and the resulting horrors of hell, adapted for a new generation and a new medium.

The Italian mercenary Dante returns home from the bloodletting that was the Third Crusade to two pieces of soul-crushing news. The first is that although he was assured that he was absolved of mortal sins committed in the form of wartime atrocities in the name of the churches interests in the Holy Land, that is not actually the case and his immortal soul is in grave peril. The second and more terrible is that his beloved Beatrice has been murdered, and her soul pulled down into hell by a dark force. Vowing not to accept the damnation of either souls, he gives chase, vows to get Beatrice back and descends into the infamous nine circles of hell. For weapons, he wields Death's soul-reaping scythe, and commands holy powers of the cross, given to him by Beatrice."