Word spread a while back that Daniel Radcliffe would be taking on the main role of Ig Perrish in the movie adaption of Joe Hill’s novel, Horns.  Fun fact for those who don’t know:  Joe Hill is Stephen King’s son!  And how about another fun fact while we’re at it? Radcliffe took the role over from Shia Labeouf because he would rather look weird and show his penis in independent music videos instead.  Alexander Aja (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha) is directing the adaptation, so I’m fairly confident that it’s in good hands (as long as he doesn’t botch it up like he did with Mirrors). Entertainment Weekly got the anticipation train rolling yesterday when they put up a pic of Radcliffe all horned out:

*just put some clearasil on that tonight and it’ll clear up*

Now, I’m a bit judgmental of this project because I read the book and loved it. It had been announced while I was reading it that Shia would be playing our horned hero, so I already had a mental picture of how it would translate onto film.  But with Radcliffe taking over, I might have to go back and re-read it to get my mind right and see if Harry Potter can pull it off.  

He proved himself to me in the uneven ghost story The Woman In Black, so let’s hope he can take this role by the horns and do it justice! (that bad pun is free and on the house).  The pic isn’t really doing it for me though because he looks like an X-Men First Class reject, but it is just one pic at the end of the day.

For those interested, here’s a quick breakdown of the book and movie: Ignatius “Ig” Perrish is distraught over the death and murder of his girlfriend Merrin, but he’s also the number one suspect.  On the first anniversary of her death, he drinks himself into a stuper and wakes up the next morning with a pounding headache….oh, and horns growing out of his head.  With the horns comes a special power that he will use to track down the true murderer of his girlfriend.  He sets out to get his revenge…..

Stay tuned for more info on Horns as it rolls in and……..SPECIAL ALERT! We just got a new pic of some of the bloodshed caused by Ig (Daniel Radcliffe) in the upcoming movie!  Proceed with caution and look below if you don’t mind spoiler alerts:

*donde esta la biblioteca!?!?*

Wow…..funny though, I don’t remember Ig turning into a bull in the book, but we’ll just go with it and trust that Alexander Aja and his crew know what they’re doing.  Look for Horns in 2013!