Daniel Radcliffe in Talks to Star in GRAND THEFT AUTO

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Daniel Radcliffe is currently in talks to take on the lead role in GRAND THEFT AUTO, described as "a true-life account of a fight between the creator of Grand Theft Auto and a Miami lawyer who wanted to ban video game violence." Own Harris will helm the project from BBC Films.

The 'Harry Potter' star will take on the role of Rocstar Games president and co-founder Sam Houser. The company is known for developing such games as Max Payne and Red Dead. Houser is also given credit for turning GTA into one of the world's most successful video games.

Rocstar was criticized by an activist attoney named Jack Thompson, for "an obsession of glorifying violence in the video game industry." In 2008, Thompson was disbarred due to inappropriate behavior. The role of Thompson in the upocming project has not yet been cast.

The film, based on David Kushner's book Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto, is scheduled to get underway on April 20th.

Radcliffe, who appeared on Broadway in 2014's "The Prisoner of Inishmaan," and also starred in "How to Succeed in Business," will be seen on the big screen this October in Victor Frankenstein. He recently wrapped production on a sequel to Lionsgate's Now You See Me.

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