A survival thriller based on the bestselling real-life story of adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg, Daniel Radcliffe's going on his own nightmare trip into the Bolivian rainforest in Wolf Creek director Greg McLean's 'Jungle'.
With every new project he does, Daniel Radcliffe pushes Harry Potter further into the past and that looks set to continue with his latest film which sees him put through the absolute ringer in an adaptation of a best-selling true story.
'Jumanji' this ain't.
Here's the official synopsis:
In the early 1980s, 22-year-old Israeli backpacker Yossi Ghinsberg and two friends – Swiss teacher Marcus Stamm and American photographer Kevin Gale – set off from the Bolivian city of La Paz on what was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. Leading the way into the uncharted Amazon was an Austrian expat named Karl Ruprechter, who had met the friends just days before and claimed to be familiar with the region. But their dream trip soon turned into a wilderness nightmare from which not all of the men returned.
Adapting Ghinsberg’s acclaimed memoir, Greg McLean moves beyond his previous horror fare to take on an altogether different kind of fear in Jungle, all the more potent for being true.
'Jungle' has its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 3rd, with an Irish release date to be announced.
