The trailer for director Clint Eastwood’s next film, Invictus, is now up at Apple. It’s based on the true story of newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela using his country’s underdog rugby team to unite the white and black populations during their run at the Rugby World Cup. Morgan Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela while Matt Damon plays team captain Francois Pienaar.
I’m rather wary of Clint Eastwood tackling anything involving race issues, and I’m not really a fan of his anyway, but at least this is a true story and he didn’t write it. Rather Anthony Peckham (Don’t Say a Word, Sherlock Holmes) wrote the script based off John Carlin’s book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation. It looks exactly like what you’d expect from an inspirational true story, so if that’s your thing, this will probably be worth checking out.
Invictus will be released by Warner Bros on December 11th.
