Tom Hanks and Ron Howard will team up once again for Sony's film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel, "Inferno," Deadline reported.

Hanks will reprise his role as the series' lead, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon while Howard will return as the film's director. Howard will follow the script penned by "Angels and Demons" writer David Koepp.

"Inferno" is Dan Brown's fourth novel from the Langdon series. In the film franchise, however, it is only the third installment after 2006's "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons" from 2009.

Sony initially planned a film adaptation for "The Lost Symbol," the third part of Brown's book series. However, plans for the project didn't push through and the studio decided to proceed with "Inferno" instead, according to IGN.

At the beginning of the "Inferno" film, Hank's Langdon wakes up inside a hospital in Italy with amnesia. In the book, Langdon's last memory was being inside the Harvard campus.

In the hospital, he meets Sienna Brooks, the doctor who helps him remember what had happened to him. After learning about a madman who intends to unleash a plague connected to Dante Alighieri's "Inferno" poem, Langdon enlists the help of Brooks to save the world.

Filming of "Inferno" will begin in April of next year and production will take place in Italy. The film is scheduled to premiere on Dec. 18, 2015, Telegraph reported.

Despite protests, criticisms and bans against "The Da Vinci Code," the film had a successful opening weekend, earning about $77 million in box office sales. As for its international sales, the film grossed $758 million.

Its 2009 sequel, "Angels and Demons," went through the same controversies but still managed to earn $46 million during its opening day. The film maintained the number one position for two weeks in the box office.

"Angels and Demons" raked in $478 million during its first opening month and was rated as the largest grossing film of 2009.