Daniel Radcliffe rolled out yet another
casting announcement - the third in practically a week - this time set to star in the prison-break drama
Escape From Pretoria. The film will reunite him with longtime
Harry Potter films producer David Barron, who worked on the series with David Heyman from
Chamber of Secrets on.
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Radcliffe will star as Tim Jenkin, one of two 20-something white South Africans branded as terrorists and imprisoned in 1978 for being involved in covert anti-apartheid operations for the African National Congress. Jailed in the Pretoria Maximum Security Prison, the pair decide to send the regime a clear message and plan an escape.
“Political without being polemical, ‘Escape From Pretoria’ is a rare combination of genre and drama, and I am delighted to bring together the potent combination of Daniel Radcliffe and Francis Annan on this astonishing true story,” said Barron.
The film is set to begin production in early 2018 in South Africa.