If all goes well, Clint Eastwood will direct Morgan Freeman for a third time in their storied careers. Following "Unforgiven" and
Oscar-winner "Million Dollar Baby," Eastwood is in talks to helm "The
Human Factor," about how the 1995 Rugby World Cup helped heal
post-apartheid race relations in South Africa. Freeman would play the
role of Nelson Mandela.
The film is set immediately
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.
Freeman, who stars with
Jack Nicholson in the upcoming Rob Reiner-directed WB film "The Bucket
List," went to South Africa with McCreary last spring to get Mandela's
blessing on the project.
Matt Damon is in talks to play the captain of the Springboks team. Freeman
and Revelations partner Lori McCreary are co-producing, while Warner
Bros is currently negotiating to provide financing."The Human Factor" is an
adaptation of the John Carlin book "The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela
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