Washington
(ANI):
Clint
Eastwood
is
in
talks
to
helm
the
Nelson
Mandela
flick
matt
damon
-
a
movie
about
how
the
1995
Rugby
World
Cup
helped
heal
post-apartheid
race
relations
in
South
Africa.
Morgan
Freeman
has
already
signed
up
to
star
as
Mandela
in
the
big
screen
adaptation
of
the
John
Carlin
book
"The
Human
Factor:
Nelson
Mandela
and
the
Game
that
Changed
the
World."
Matt
Damon
is
also
in
preliminary
talks
to
play
the
captain
of
the
Springboks,
reports
Variety.
The
pic
is
set
in
the
times
right
after
the
fall
of
apartheid,
and
after
Mandela
was
released
from
a
long
imprisonment
and
became
South
African
president.
Mandela
recognized
the
significance
when
South
Africa
was
selected
host
of
the
1995
Rugby
World
Cup
after
the
team
had
been
barred
from
even
competing
since
the
1980s
because
of
apartheid.
The
movie
is
being
produced
by
Freeman
and
Revelations
partner
Lori
McCreary
with
Mace
Neufeld.
Warner
Bros.
is
in
talks
to
finance
the
picture
South
African
scribe
Anthony
Peckham
("Don't
Say
A
Word")
wrote
the
script.
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