It was a magical night Thursday when 'Harry Potter' star DANIEL RADCLIFFE brought his powerful presence to the Los Angeles premiere of his new movie, 'December Boys.'

Daniel is primed and ready to start filming the next installment in the 'Harry Potter' film franchise, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.'

"We start shooting in 10 days; I'm not so much nervous as excited," he tells "The Insider," adding with a smile, "There's no big secrets other than that we're killing off Harry a year early -- not really! Let's not start that rumor."

In 'December Boys,' due in theaters on September 14, Daniel portrays Maps, the eldest of four orphan teenagers growing up at a Catholic convent in outback Australia in the 1960s while waiting to be adopted. During a seaside trip one summer, the boys meet a young couple unable to have children, who would make the perfect parents. Meanwhile, during the same vacation, Maps also finds himself attracted to the beautiful Lucy from down the coast.