Gerard Butler's 700-Year Thriller In The Hand Of Dante Heads to Netflix

Gerard Butler endured a rough start to the year with Greenland 2: Migration. The Lionsgate sequel cost about $90 million to make but returned roughly $44 million at the box office, marking it as one of the bigger sci‑fi flops of recent memory. He still has several projects lined up, including a third Den of Thieves with O’Shea Jackson Jr.

set to begin production this summer and a reprise of Stoick in the live‑action sequel to How to Train Your Dragon, which brings back Cate Blanchett as Valka. Among Butler’s more intriguing projects is In The Hand Of Dante, a historical crime thriller that unfolds across 700 years.

One thread follows Dante in the 1300s as he writes The Divine Comedy; another is set in the early 2000s and centers on an older reincarnation of Dante who becomes entangled in a plot to steal and authenticate the priceless work.

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