Last year Electronic Arts was revealed to be shopping around a movie version of its upcoming Dante's Inferno game to movie studios . . . even before the game itself was officially announced. Now with the action game out in the open and slated for an early 2010 release, the movie deal is also moving forward.

Variety reports that Dan Harris, who has previous movie writing credits like X2: X-Men United and Superman Returns, will handle the screenplay for the Dante's Inferno movie for previously announced studio Universal Pictures. EA execs will be involved in the movie version as well. No director or filming start date for the movie has been announced.