Following the initial casting announcement last month , Columbia Pictures has added Ben Foster (Lone Survivor , 3:10 to Yuma ) to the cast of the upcoming Inferno , the third film in the franchise that launched with The Da Vinci Code in 2006 and continued with Angels & Demons in 2009. Ron Howard returns as both director and producer with Tom Hanks set to reprise his role as Robert Langdon opposite Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) as Dr. Sienna Brooks, Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi ) as Harry Sims (also known as The Provost), Omar Sy (The Intouchables ) as Christoph Bruder and Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen”) as Dr. Elizabeth Sinskey, the head of the World Health Organization. Foster’s specific role has not yet been revealed, but it said to be villainous in nature.
The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David Koepp based on the book by Dan Brown, is slated for release on October 14, 2016 and will begin principal photography at the end of April. The project’s executive producers include Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter.
Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist’s adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories and prevent a madman from releasing a global plague connected to Dante’s immortal tome.
Coming up, Foster will be playing Lance Armstrong in Stephen Frear’s biopic Icon , starring opposite Chris Prine and Eric Bana in Craig Gillespie’s The Finest Hours and as part of the ensemble cast of Duncan Jones’ video game adaptation Warcraft .
Michael De Luca and Andrea Giannetti are overseeing Inferno for Columbia Pictures.
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Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) run for their lives through Boboli Gardens in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) in the Hall of 500, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) make their way through St. Marks Square in Venice in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Bouchard convinces Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) to trust him in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) run for their lives through Boboli Gardens, Florence in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Sinskey (Sidse Babett Knudsen) and Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) analyze Dante's text in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) make their way through St. Marks Square in Venice in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) discover Dante's Death Mask in the Baptistry in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) arrive at the Hall of 500 in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) look for a way out of the Palazzo Vecchio in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Zobrist (Ben Foster) presents his over population theory in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Ignazio (Gabor Urmai) inspect Dante's Death Mask in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) on the balcony of St. Marks Basilica in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) find Dante's Death Mask in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Bouchard (Omar Sy) catches up with Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) in the Baptistry in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) run through the crypt of St Mark's Basilica in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna (Felicity Jones) study the Map Of Hell and notice it has been altered in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Director/Producer Ron Howard and Tom Hanks relax between takes in the Grotto at Boboli Gardens in Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Director/Producer Ron Howard discusses the scene with Felicity Jones on the set of Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Director/Producer Ron Howard and Irrfan Khan on the set of Columbia Pictures' INFERNO.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Director Ron Howard, actor Tom Hanks and Irrfan Khan attends the "Inferno" red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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"Inferno" projections are seen during the red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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"Inferno" projections are seen during the red carpet and photo call at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands on June 14, 2016 in Singapore.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment commences principal photography in Florence, Italy on “INFERNO," the new film in the billion-dollar Robert Langdon franchise, based on Dan Brown’s bestselling series of books.Pictured: (Left to Right) Tom Hanks (“Robert Langdon”); Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Dr. Elizabeth Sinskey”); Ron Howard, director/producer; Omar Sy (“Christoph Bouchard”); Dan Brown “Inferno” Author; Felicity Jones (“Dr. Sienna Brooks”); - Event Date: 11 May 2015
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