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"Johnny Depp is to team up with Julian Schnabel for an adaptation of historical literary thriller In the Hand of Dante. The actor&amp;#039;s production company Infinitum Nihil bought the rights to Nick Tosches&amp;#039;s book about Dante Aligiheri&amp;#039;s The Divine Comedy in 2008.  Depp is not expected to start developing the film with Schnabel for another few years, according to The Playlist. Schnabel, who directed the controversial Miral, told the site: &amp;quot;It belongs to Johnny, but I&amp;#039;m not going to make it for a couple of years.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re gonna work on writing it, developing it. We didn&amp;#039;t sign anything. It&amp;#039;s just something Johnny asked me to read and I think it&amp;#039;s a great book.&amp;quot; Depp is planning to play the character of Nick Tosches, a rare books expert and scholar determined to find out whether a newly-discovered manuscript sold as an original work from Dante is the real thing, the site claims. The narrative of the best-selling novel spans from 14th Century Italy to the present day. Depp is reportedly considering signing up for a possible fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Watch Digital Spy speak with a number of stars to find out why people love Johnny Depp&amp;#039;s Captain Jack Sparrow:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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