Variety reports that Kill Your Darlings, which is a film Daniel Radcliffe is attached to, will begin filming on March 12th at Columbia University in New York.  The film is a thriller that tells the story of how a murder at Columbia University in 1944 brought together the young writers who would spark the Beat Revolution.

Daniel will play poet Allen Ginsberg while Elizabeth Olsen will play Edie Parker, the wealthy art-student girlfriend of Jack Kerouac (played by Jack Huston). Finally, Dane Dehaan plays Lucien Carr, a classmate of Ginsberg’s for whom he develops feelings.

This article serves as confirmation that Daniel is officially cast in the film, as in the past it was just a rumor.

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