Schnabel's 'In The Hand Of Dante' Reveals First Look
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- Julian Schnabel's "In The Hand Of Dante" gets its first look after debuting at last year's Venice Film Festival, marking his first feature since 2018's Oscar-nominated "At Eternity's Gate."
- Oscar Isaac plays dual roles as 21st-century author Nick Tosches and 14th-century poet Dante Alighieri, the film's parallel protagonists linked across centuries by their pursuit of love, beauty, and the divine.
- The ensemble cast includes Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, John Malkovich, Franco Nero, Benjamin Clementine, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino, and Jason Momoa.
- Netflix acquired the film earlier this year and will release it theatrically on June 12 before streaming on June 24, with a Tribeca Film Festival screening preceding both.
- Schnabel and Louise Kugelberg adapted Nick Tosches' 2002 novel, with the official synopsis centering on Tosches being recruited by a mafia don to steal Dante's original "Divine Comedy" manuscript.
- Producers on the project include Jon Kilik, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Olmo Schnabel, Gabriele Bebe Moratti, Vito Schnabel, and Julian Schnabel.
Why it matters: The June dual theatrical-and-streaming release gives Netflix another prestige art-house title for its slate, while Schnabel returns to directing after a seven-year gap with what is arguably 2025's most stacked ensemble — a Scorsese-and-Pacino literary drama by a painter-turned-filmmaker is not a typical Netflix acquisition.
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