Daniel Radcliffe to star in 'The Woman in Black'

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is all set to act in a gothic thriller ‘The Woman In Black’. James Watkins of ‘Eden Lake’ is helming this film. Jane Goldman of Kick-Ass and Stardust is writing the script for this flick. The movie is based on the bestselling novel ‘The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story” written by Susan Hill and illustrated by John Lawrence.

Radcliffe is set to play the role of a young lawyer Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote pocket of Blighty to tend to a deceased client's papers. Kipps soon begins to uncover the ghostly secrets of the house and local villa. Hammer Films’ is making this flick. Radcliffe will be next seen in ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows’. Radcliffe is also starred in Brian Kirk's ‘My Boy Jack’. In this he is playing Rudyard Kipling's tragic 17-year-old son who went off to fight in the First World War.

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Ralph Fiennes to direct William Shakespeare's ‘Coriolanus’

Oscar nominated actor Ralph Fiennes, who plays Voldemort character in the Harry Potter movies, id going to make his directorial debut with the film ‘Coriolanus’. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Roman tragedy novel ‘Coriolanus’. Apart from directing, Fiennes will also portray the title role of the proud but contemptuous soldier Coriolanus spurred on by his mother to run for the Roman Senate, which ultimately leads to his downfall. Vanessa Redgrave is in talks to play the role of Coriolanus' mother Volumnia. Currently, the film is in negotiations with financiers to produce the film.

The film is set in the early years of the Roman Republic, is one of his most politically challenging examinations of the way power corrupts. In the aftermath of a famine, the people demand the right to set their own price for the city's grain. In response to their protests, the ruling aristocracy grant the plebeians five representatives — a decision that provokes the ire of Caius Martius, who has nothing but contempt for the lower classes. After winning a war against a neighboring tribe, he is granted the name Coriolanus, and returns with the hope of joining the Senate.

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