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More on Possible New Dan Radcliffe Movie about Photojournalist Dan Eldon
RadcliffeSeveral days ago we reported that actor Dan Radcliffe was possibly in line to portray the late photojournalist Dan Eldon in a new movie. Today, the Guardian has more on this, featuring an interview with Kathy Eldon, the mother of the photographer, who says Dan will be portraying her son in this new movie. Quotage:
The film, Journey, will see Radcliffe play Dan Eldon, a 22-year-old who was among four journalists stoned to death by a mob in Mogadishu in July 1993. The timing is right and the person is right and I couldn't ask for more,' said Kathy, a journalist, producer and activist. 'He has portrayed a magician for years and my Dan was a different kind of magician. There are parallels in the two Dans' lives. Daniel Radcliffe is a poet, he keeps journals and he's half Jewish. He has a puckishness, sense of humour and energy inside him which remind me of Dan...'Daniel Radcliffe is the first time we've found a young enough actor with a global following. We love the way he's a global soul. He's travelled the world and feels comfortable in the world and hasn't been corrupted by Hollywood.'
While this sounds very exciting, we are trying to obtain official confirmation from Dan's reps, and will update with more on that when we can. Also, if this proves certain, we do not know when this film will be made, as Dan is currently filming "Half-Blood Prince," that continues until early spring of 2008, and is also set to return to the stage when "Equus" opens on Broadway in the fall of 2008. The story of "Journey" focuses on 22 year old Dan Eldon, a photographer who was brutally murdered in Somalia in 1993, when he and his colleagues Hansi Krauss, Anthony Macharia of Reuters and Hos Maina of the Associated Press were surrounded then stoned and beaten to death after an angry mobbed turned on the journalists in the aftermath of a bombing in Mogadishu. You can read more about Dan Eldon and see some of his remarkable photographs via this link, as well as learn more about journalists who are killed each year while bringing the news, here. Thanks Helena!
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I hope this is confirmed from Daniel’s team soon. It will be an amazing project for him . If HBP filming ends in early Spring 2008 Dan could still have time to film this in May,June and July of 2008 before ging to NYC to start rehursals for Equus to start. Dan has said he really doesn’t like to have a lot of idol time, so I’m very happy he is finding this type of role to keep him busy in his craft.I love watching him as Harry but seeing him portray other characters,particularly real people , is a joy. I’m so glad Kathy Eldon waited for him and didn’t really consider those who had wanted the part proper.
Oh Dan keeps journals? I would be happy to read them!
“I hope this is confirmed from Daniel’s team soon”
I has been confirmed that Dan will indeed be involved in this project
http.//www.danradcliffe.co.uk
“SQUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
Fabulious!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO good to read it has been confirmed ! Looking forward to more info on the project.
In 1993, the night the four journalist in question were killed , American Black Hawk Helicopter gunship dropped a bomb in our home in the district of Hondon in Mogadishu. Among those who were killed were three of my nephews. Including was Ahmed, 22 years old 3rd year undergraduate student in Chemistry. My family have never received as much as a simply apology from the United States. But Daniel’s life will me immortalized by Hollywood even as United States is at present busy financing the death and destruction of Somalia! Shame!
I am very sorry for your loss Amina, but this web site is not the place for political bashing. We are here to enjoy a special world created for us by JK. There is enough bad in the world so lets try to stay focused on the positive. Doublecore….( USA)
Gee another dying son movie. hope he does better with this than My Boy Jack. He was so boring in that movie. Not his best. He’s just trying to hard, he’s practically screaming “Will somebody give me an aeard that matters.”
Amina, I am sorry for your loss, however this website is not for political bashing. It is dedicated to the special world JK created for us and a place to talk and enjoy this special world. So let’s all enjoy this magical world and focus on the positive.
doublecore(USA)
Amina, I am sorry for your loss as well. But this young journalist still deserves attention for what he did for the people who he cared about.I don’t feel what the US did was the fault of this journalist .Journalist used to be protected , we need them to show all sided of what is really happening in a conflict. Daniel did an excellent job of bringing Jack Kipling to life in My Boy Jack , I think he will be even better with his portrayal of Dan Eldon.
I didn’t see any “political bashing” in Amina’s comments—just a reminder that politics is everywhere, and there is always another side to an issue which we should keep in mind.
I wouldn’t consider a small indie film like December Boys to be a flop at all. I have the DVD and enjoyed Dan’s performance. I’m sure Journey is not indended to be a blockbuster either, but a personal film that is very character driven so we be able to see who Dan Eldon really was and what his life passion was about.
Why take the energy to leave a comment if you have nothing nice to say? This sounds like a wonderful and worthwhile project, and right up Daniel Radcliffe’s alley, too. The quotes from Dan Eldon’s mother are very touching. This is definitely exciting news!!
I think the movie December boys was a great movie! It is not a big flop at all. I’m glad this has been confirmed finally! Good job Dan! I know you will do a great job in the movie.
I’ve been traying to figure out the real reason why western powers, media and ebven supposedly progressive forces were silent in the fact of death and destruction in Somalia in the hands of western backed mercenaries. I have always suspected it but now it is clear to me that the latest US sponsorship of the dearh and destruction of Somalia,including the mass rape of women and girls, has great deal to with revenge of the 18 US service men and the western journalist.s who were killed in Somalia . I have no problem with this film per se. But the timing of cannot be innocent. Read my work and other accounts of what this US is doing to the people of Somalia
http://www.africaspeaks.com/somalia/130607.html This is about bodies that matter v those that do not matter. But we will remember and will write about the America’s aggression against the people of Somalia. I mourn the loss of Daniel to his family but today, America has made one Million Somalis internationaly displaced and lay Somalia in ruination. Now, this is political but this film is not political?
http://www.qaranimo.com/2007/dec/one_year_after_dec_17_07.htm http://blackstarnews.com/?c=122&a=4013
http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=476&Itemid=1 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B7E3E6D8-5C9A-4DBF-8C21-8D7347D2809C.htm
P/S. the whole Al Qaida thing is also a pure lie http://www.examiner.com/a-722180~Somalia_too_tough_for_al_Qaeda_.html
Amina, you have the right to say what you wish and I can hear your pain and sympathize. But if I understand it correctly, this journalist was there to document what was happening. First, such concern for others should be commended. Second, US citizens, and I include myself, are notoriously ignorant of international affairs. Our local news broadcasts are very quick summaries, if they touch upon foreign news at all. And although we should be more aware, I do think Hollywood films do provide a powerful way for us to learn about important issues. Movies such as Ghandi, the Killing Fields, provided a starting point for me to read more about colonialism, satygraha (or civil disobedience) and US involvement in other countries.
I wish we lived in a more peaceful world but we don’t. And we have an obligation to actively find the truth and do something about it. Making and watching a movie doesn’t sound like much, but in fact, movies do inform and can inspire greater things.
Ooh I hope this is confirmed. Finally Dan will be able to show his Jewishness on the big screen! That’s a reason i love Dan: he’s Jewish, and proud of it!
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“His mother, Kathy, says that she has rejected numerous bids for film rights to the story, and met but turned down leading actors including Orlando Bloom, Heath Ledger, Ryan Phillippe and Joaquin Phoenix, all of whom were eager to play the part.”
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Everyone should read the article, Kathy’s words are really touching! I’m very happy she has finally found the right person, so she can fulfill her dream to film a movie about his son which I’m sure will inspire a lot of people in the world. Our Dan is a very inspiring person too, and after watching all his movies this year I know he will do a great job. And filming in Kenia will be an amazing experience!