With the 2024 Cannes Film Festival now over, it’s time for cinephiles to look ahead to the year’s next premier festival: Venice, which runs from August 28-September 7.  Festival chief Alberto Barbera won’t announce the lineup of the Venice’s 81st edition until the last week of July, but Variety reports he already has his eyes on a few buzzy titles.  Among them? The much-anticipated sequel to the 2019 Golden Lion winner.

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Martin Scorsese is set to executive produce the next movie from director Julian Schnabel, “In The Hand of Dante,” based on Nick Tosches‘ novel. It’s a feature that focuses on New York mobsters getting their hands on a manuscript of Dante’s “The Divine Comedy,” which would be considered one of the most rare and valuable pieces of art in existence.

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