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Nick Tosches - Fissure 2 contributor's book to be filmed by Depp

Incredible News: Johnny Depp has bought the rights to "In the Hand of Dante" a novel by his friend Nick Tosches. One of Nick's rare poems, "Nine" was featured in issue #2 of Fissure magazine. Depp and his company, Infinitum Nihil, hope to release the film in 2011, with Depp playing Nick.

"In the Hand of Dante" involves two story lines in two different centuries. One in recent current times as Tosches is called upon to authenticate an original manuscript of Dante's "The Divine Comedy," and the other story line relating how the manuscript came to be in 14th-century Italy.

When asked by Frédéric Ferney of 'Le Musée Imaginaire "Why Nick?"

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Johnny Depp answered: "For me, Nick Tosches -- I mean, aside from the fact that he is a kindred spirit, somebody that I understand, and I think we have a mutual something that just works, you know? -- For me, Nick Tosches - that guy - is one of a handful of writers from the States who has the ability to keep literature alive; to save literature. In this digital age, he really can save writing."

For more of the interview go to the link http://www.johnnydeppzone2.0catch.com/galleries/index239.htm: