CANNES, France -- "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe is set to star in the epic story of a white anti-apartheid activist who escaped from one of South Africa's toughest jails, the film's producers said Friday. Producer David Barron, who also worked on the "Harry Potter" films, said the movie of this "astonishing true story" would be "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," he added, as the film was launched at the Cannes film festival. Annan, a rising young black British director, also wrote the script for the film, which will be shot in South Africa next year. Radcliffe, 27, has also been signed up to play the lead in the action comedy "Guns Akimbo", which was also unveiled at Cannes.

Source: The China Post May 19, 2017 08:48 UTC