Daniel Radcliffe Forum

With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows wrapped and in post-production the kids of Hogwarts find themselves looking for acting work for the first time in a decade. As one would imagine of the stars of one of the most successful film franchises of all time, they're not exactly begging for handouts: Rupert Grint will be starring in Eddie the Eagle next year and Emma Watson will probably spin her popularity and looks into a successful modeling and fashion career. As Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe has perhaps made out the best, with upcoming roles in The Journey is the Destination and a remake of the classic All Is Quiet On the Western Front. Now the actor has signed on for a third project, a film adaptation of Susan Hill's supernatural thriller The Woman in Black, which begins shooting next year. 
 
The film's being produced by UK-based Hammer Films, a fountainhead of classic horror films such as The Curse of Frankenstein  and The Mummy. Radcliffe will play the lead role of solicitor (that's a British lawyer of sorts) Arthur Kipps who visits an isolated seaside town to attend a funeral and becomes the target of haunting by the titular Woman in Black. The book has been adapted twice before, once as a TV miniseries, once as a stage play, but never for the big screen. Hammer plans to present the movie in 3D, which makes me wonder whether they're just trying to milk audiences for a few extra bucks at the box office or are going for the classic 3D horror aesthetic from the 50s. Of course, we can't dismiss the possibility that Radcliffe plans to go full-frontal like he did in Equus and the 3D is for, well, I'll leave the rest up to your imagination.

Going to be a while before I won't be expecting Dan to whip out a wand and cast Flipendo on everything still.

I've seen the stage version of The Woman in Black a couple of times and I love it, but it blows my damn mind that they're planning to shoot the film in 3D. Unless the source material is very different from the play I can't see that as anything other than a dick move to make money. It's a creepy chilling story, not a shit-flying-out-of-the-screen kind of thing. 

That caption/picture combo is pure gold.

I don't know about the movie but I'm sure he'll be fine. I guess that when your acting teachers is the best the UK has to offer, you can be at least be decent.

That is such a great header image. He was hilarious on Extras.  
 
Anyways, Radcliffe will go on to do supporting roles and drugs, lots of drugs. Watson will do some sort of fashion thing, and drugs, lots of drugs. And Grint will be cast into the world of voice acting. Also, drugs. 

The real new for us Hammer Horror fans is that Hammer Horror is making Films again.

I think Radcliffe is the one I'm going to have the hardest time adjusting to. The guy practically is practically Harry Potter come alive. He should get a hair cut and contacts.

@borodin: I've never seen either of the adaptation (nor read the book), but I imagined it would be like you say, not a jump-scare, shit flying from the screen type of story. Could just be a cash grab. 
 
@RHCPfan24: That's from his appearance on Extras, Gervais' best (in my opinion) comedy series so far.

This is not going to be easy for any one of the three... but I think that Rupert Grint will be in the biggest trouble... he is ginger.

@Matt said:

" @borodin: I've never seen either of the adaptation (nor read the book), but I imagined it would be like you say, not a jump-scare, shit flying from the screen type of story. Could just be a cash grab. 
 
@RHCPfan24: That's from his appearance on Extras, Gervais' best (in my opinion) comedy series so far. "

If your ever in the West End, which I doubt you would be,  or have the chance to see The Woman in Black, you should.  It's genuinely terrifying.

Extras was great! I agree it was better than The Office.

uggghhh... daniel radcliffe is a terrible actor. I hope people start to realize this and not cast him. Or that he learns to properly act. whichever's good