--- description: In "Inferno," a follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons," Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones star in another Dan Brown adaptation. title: Tom Hanks Faces a Very Difficult Choice in the 'Inferno' Teaser Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta28f17e887a2d1df/6988926dcd1bba7bf87009e4/screen-shot-2016-05-09-at-12-41-08-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tom Hanks Faces a Very Difficult Choice in the _Inferno_ Teaser Trailer  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 9, 2016 4:43 PM CUT  Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon in Inferno trailer Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon in Inferno trailer  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 9, 2016 4:43 PM CUT The first trailer for _Inferno_ has [Tom Hanks](http://time.com/4261968/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-brady-bunch/ "undefined") in a bit of a conundrum. There is a switch that, if thrown, will result in the deaths of half of humankind. Leaving it alone, however, will result in total extinction in a century’s time. In the third adaptation of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series—Hanks also starred in 2006’s [_The Da Vinci Code_](http://time.com/3755926/tom-hanks-movies-james-corden-late-late-show/ "undefined") and 2009’s _Angels and Demons_—the actor’s symbology professor faces a riddle which we’re promised is “the hardest one yet.” Though it’s the third film in the series, _Inferno_ is based on the fourth book in Brown’s set of novels. The third, _The Lost Symbol_, was abandoned in 2013 after some initial development. Felicity Jones costars as a doctor and Ron Howard, who directed both of the previous films, returns to the helm. _Inferno_, which was originally set to hit theaters on the same day as [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4151490/the-first-reviews-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens-are-here/ "undefined")_,_ will be released on Oct. 28. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4323037/inferno-trailer-tom-hanks-felicity-jones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4323037/inferno-trailer-tom-hanks-felicity-jones/"},"headline":"Tom Hanks Faces a Very Difficult Choice in the Inferno Teaser Trailer","datePublished":"2016-05-09T16:43:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:23:35.648Z","description":"The movie is a follow-up to the Dan Brown adaptations The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons","url":"https://time.com/4323037/inferno-trailer-tom-hanks-felicity-jones/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta28f17e887a2d1df/6988926dcd1bba7bf87009e4/screen-shot-2016-05-09-at-12-41-08-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta28f17e887a2d1df/6988926dcd1bba7bf87009e4/screen-shot-2016-05-09-at-12-41-08-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"tom hanks inferno trailer","caption":"Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon in Inferno trailer","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4323037/inferno-trailer-tom-hanks-felicity-jones/","name":"Tom Hanks Faces a Very Difficult Choice in the Inferno Teaser Trailer"}}]}] ```