Daniel RadcliffeDaniel Radcliffe has signed on to star in
December Boys, first project outside the
Harry Potter franchise, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Based on the novel of the same title by Michael Noonan, revolves around four young orphan boys in 1960s Australia. Having all but given up hope of ever being adopted, the tight-knit friends are on a seaside holiday one summer when they find themselves competing for a place in the home and family they all long for.
Los Angeles-based television director Rod Hardy ("The Practice") will return to his Australian homeland to direct the film.