Daniel Radcliffe chatted with the L.A. Times about leaving the Harry Potter series behind, and moving on to Hammer Films. Radcliffe will star in the ghost movie The Woman in Black.

“When I met first met James Watkins, our director, he told me about a quote of Stanley Kubrick’s, which was that all films about the afterlife or ghosts are innately consoling. I think there’s something about that that is very true to our story. While it is a horror story and it is very frightening, it’s also about loss and grief. I read it on a plane, and I don’t know what the people around me must have thought. I kept jumping and gasping…”

The film is being directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake) and written by Jane Goldman (Kick Ass, The Debt) — based on Susan Hill’s best-selling novel. Production is expected to begin in the Fall of 2010.

Meanwhile you can catch Potter alumni Rupert Grint’s sex scene with Kimberley Nixon in Cherrybomb. See uncensored screenshots here. WARNING: You must be over the age of 18 to click link.