Oscar Isaac In Julian Schnabel’s Epic

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at In The Hand Of Dante, the latest feature film from Julian Schnabel, which debuted at last year’s Venice Film Festival. 

The film features an international cast of A-listers, including Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, John Malkovich, Louis Cancelmi, Sabrina Impacciatore, Franco Nero, Benjamin Clementine, Paolo Bonacelli, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and Jason Momoa. 

The movie, Schnabel’s latest film since 2018’s Oscar-nominated portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, At Eternity’s Gate, is an adaptation of Nick Tosches’ 2002 novel. Isaac plays dual roles: New York author Tosches in the 21st century and Dante Alighieri in the 14th century. 

The official synopsis reads: “In the Hand of Dante follows the parallel lives of a New York author (Nick Tosches) in the 21st century who embarks on a violent journey after he is recruited by a mafia don to steal Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy written in the poet’s own hand, and Dante in the 14th century seeking inspiration to write his most important work – each man unknowingly connected through time and their obsessive quest for love, beauty, and the divine.”

Schnabel and Louise Kugelberg adapted Tosches’ novel. Producers on the pic are Jon Kilik, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Olmo Schnabel, Gabriele Bebe Moratti, Vito Schnabel and Julian Schnabel.

Netflix picked the film up earlier this year and will release it in theaters on June 12 and on its streaming platform on June 24. Before that, the film will screen at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Check out the trailer above and photos below.