There was a very special screening Q&A event for Francis Annan’s Escape From Pretoria at Curzon Soho. Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Tim Jenkin & Stephen Lee were in attendance. Pictures from the event have been posted in our gallery and submitted by users in our group.

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Many thanks to Signature for sending over this interview along with updated stills, movie posters and the trailer from Escape from Pretoria. Escape From Pretoria is 104mins, 12A for the UK.

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Escape From Pretoria in UK Cinemas and Digital 6th March

New Escape from Pretoria Portraits have been posted. Featuring Tim Jenkin, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber and Mark Leonard Winter.

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How do you feel this story is relevant today? What do you hope modern audiences take from it?

Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s ever a time when it’s not relevant. The fact that Tim and Stephen and all the guys in that prison were able to see the system that they had been raised in from the outside for the immoral, oppressive tyranny that it was.

Why do you feel it was important for the film to play like a thriller?

It is also an incredible prison-break story. It’s amazing. They made keys. What’s crazy when you talk to Tim, he kind of has an air of, “Well, you know, I just did what anyone would do,” and you’re just like, “No, no one else would’ve been able to do this.”

You worked with your co-star Ian Hart as a child in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [as Quirrell]. What was it like working together all these years later?

I think it gave both of us a terrifying sense of the passage of time. It’s lovely.

What’s something that you’re rarely asked about the Harry Potter franchise that you wish you were asked more often?

People always want to talk about actors hanging out, but I would talk about the crew until the cows come home, because I feel like there was a family feel on set that is rarely felt on franchise films—a real caring atmosphere that I think the crew was responsible for.

Source: newsweek.com

New interview and Posters from Korea. Also we have a new admin in our Escape from Pretoria facebook group. Welcome Director Francis Annan. He’ll be posting exclusive stuff in our group and let us know when the movie is in your area. Escape from Pretoria is now available in Korea.

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Daniel Radcliffe speaks about his new film, shot entirely in Adelaide.

New interview from El Sol de Irapuato it talks about Escape from Pretoria in a phone interview with Dan in London.

About Escape from Pretoria

“We are living in a time when it is important to tell the stories of people who have heroic qualities to be celebrated, of people with enormous courage, but who at the same time have great principles and sacrifice so much for their ideals. That’s always something important as an actor,” Radcliffe tells via telephone from London. 

Dan devoted three months for preparation to learn the South African accent and the escape plan. Here’s what Dan had to say about Tim Jenkin.

“We talked a lot about what it meant to grow up in South Africa and how the social awakening to apartheid was. He told me about the day-to-day protests, what it was like to get to prison and the step-by-step escape plan; that helped me get practical details of how and where he hid the tools to sand the wood or the technique to do it, among many other things. It was very rare to hear all these stories coming directly from him” ” he says. 

Here’s a new video of Dan talking about Escape from Pretoria.

New interview with Dan, Tim and Francis Annan. As they talk about the story of the escape and much more.

New screen captures from Escape from Pretoria. I finally sorted them and there are over 1950 captures. These have been a long time coming. Make sure to browse and enjoy!

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Daniel Radcliffe talks about what it was like to work with former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner, Tim Jenkin, and first-time Director Francis Annan in the new film; Escape From Pretoria.

One new photo from Escape from Pretoria’s Instagram and 7 from the set.

Today, December 11, 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the day Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and Denis Goldberg escaped from Pretoria’s maximum security facility. View the trailer below.

New photos have been added to the official instagram for Escape from Pretoria and Daniel Webber. Also the director told us a trailer is coming very soon. I can’t wait.

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More photos from the set can be viewed in our gallery

Radcliffe appears alongside Australian actor Daniel Webber (“The Dirt”). The pair play freedom fighters Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, who were jailed in 1978 for being involved in covert anti-apartheid operations. Ian Hart (“God’s Own Country”), Mark Leonard Winter (“Cleverman”) and Nathan Page (“Underbelly”) also star.

Based on a true story, the film follows Jenkin and Lee – joined by a fellow inmate – as they decide to escape from prison. After months of planning, and in a race against time as the authorities strengthen the prison’s security, they craft wooden keys for the numerous steel doors between them and freedom. Directed by Francis Annan, it is based on Jenkin’s autobiography “Inside Out: Escape From Pretoria Prison.” Annan co-wrote the screenplay with LH Adam.

Momentum will release the film theatrically in the U.S. and Canada. The deal was negotiated by John Fremes and Michelle Krumm on behalf of Arclight, and Dylan Wilcox for Momentum Pictures, which is an eOne company.

“We are excited to partner with Arclight again on this incredible true story,” said Ian Goggins,  senior VP, content, at Entertainment One. “We are looking forward to working with the Arclight team, the filmmakers, and of course, Daniel Radcliffe, once more to bring ‘Escape From Pretoria’ to audiences.”

“’Escape from Pretoria’ is an extraordinary and timely story that deserves to be shared with audiences. We are thrilled to be partnering with the Momentum team once again who previously released our film ‘Jungle,’ which also starred Daniel Radcliffe,” said Arclight chairman Gary Hamilton.

Source: Variety

New photos from the set of Escape from Pretoria were posted yesterday in our gallery. The scene of the Prison is taking place at the old Adelaide Gaol Prison.

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This was one of Dan’s rumored projects so this is hinting that filming will start sometime next year in 2019 after the run of Lifespan of a Fact is complete. More details will be announced when more info is released.

Daniel Radcliffe is Tim Jenkin in ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA Release 2020. Another Mercurial Pictures co-production.