Daniel Radcliffe’s Haunting New Film

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Many of us have been wondering what kind of role Daniel Radcliffe would play after the conclusion of the Harry Potter series.  Would he play morally strong, intellectual character, like in the Potter Series, an evil, ruthless villain or something in between?

Radcliffe’s next role will be in the 2012 film “The Woman in Black”. The film is partially-based on Susan Hill’s novel “The Woman in Black” and will be a remake of the 1989 television production of the same name.

Screenwriter Jane Goldman released this synopsis of the upcoming movie:

Young lawyer Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe) leaves his son in London to settle the legal affairs of the recently deceased Alice Drablow. He discovers a series of inexplicable accidents and suicides have forced the parents of her village to barricade their children indoors, as if protecting them from an unseen foe. When Arthur stays the night all alone at the Drablow’s foreboding house, he hears the screams of a drowning child and sees decaying children listlessly wandering the marshes. He will soon discover these haunting figures share the same date of death, and the same killer.The ghost of a scorned woman, who was unable to save her beloved son Nathaniel from drowning, The Woman In Black takes on a horrifying form. Set on vengeance, her veil hides gaping sockets eaten away by scavengers and her curse hides an even darker secret … whenever she is seen, a child dies.

In the face of hostility from the local residents, Arthur dredges up Nathaniel’s skeleton and buries it with his mother, hoping the evil spectre will finally rest in peace. In a cruel twist of fate, the Woman In Black turns her claws towards Arthur’s young son. To avoid a fate worse than death, Arthur must now sacrifice everything he holds dear and save his child.

Directed by James Watkins, the film is set to be released on February 3, 2012 in the United States and February 10, 2012 in the United Kingdom through CBS Films and Momentum Productions, respectively.

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