Yahoo Movies Daniel Radcliffe lands next lead movie role
Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe has landed his next lead movie role in Batso.
According to Deadline, Leave the World Behind star Ethan Hawke and Candy's Jessica Biel are also joining him for the dramatisation of Warren 'Batso' Harding and Dean Caldwell's unprecedented climb of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan in the 1970s. The route they took was dubbed 'The Wall of Early Morning Light'.
A synopsis for the project reads: "In 1970, 'The Wall of Early Morning Light' was an unthinkable climb. For larger-than-life climbing legends Warren 'Batso' Harding and Dean Caldwell, it represented a near-impossible physical and mental challenge.
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"For iconoclast Batso, it also offered one last chance to stick it to the naysayers who thought him too old, too out of touch and too crazy. For novice Dean, it was a way to see beyond his 9-to-5 existence and unlock the awesome potential of the human spirit.
"What began as an almost farcical exercise became one of the great underdog stories in the history of the sport. The estimated 10-day climb stretched into a 28-day marathon of grit and determination that sparked a media sensation."
Hawke and Radcliffe will play Batso and Caldwell, while Biel is the former's partner Beryl Knauth.
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A report on Yosemite's website claims the men were "forced to wait out storms while on the wall and to drill extensively through areas that looked to be more natural from the ground.
"The National Park Service mounted a rescue for the team when they were mid-route, but Harding and Caldwell famously refused and continued their epic ascent unaided. They were met on the summit by throngs of media."
Batso director Kyle Marvin said in a statement: "The people who live in the world of professional climbing may seem to be doing something extreme, but in reality, their actions are a mirror of our lives. We all have a Dawn Wall we are destined to summit, or die trying."
Batso is yet to receive a release window.
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