A movie featuring the RWC 95?

[chook]

Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar? Freeman as Mandela? Interesting



Clint Eastwood pondering The Human Factor
He may direct the Nelson Mandela movie
25 Sep 2007 9:14am

It’s already got Morgan Freeman signed on to play Nelson Mandela, and now The Human Factor - the story of Mandela’s life just after the end of apartheid and his release from prison – may be getting a top-class director in Clint Eastwood.

And that’s not all – part of the reason Eastwood is pondering the pic is because Warner Brothers is considering pumping money into the finance of it, bringing along Matt Damon, who’s in early talks to play the captain of South Africa’s Springbok rugby team.

Why the Springbok’s – Human Factor’s plot adapts John Carlin’s book, which saw Mandela seize the opportunity for a little healing in the country through hosting the 1995 Rugby World Cup. It was an especially potent symbol since the South African team had been barred from competing during the 1980s in a protest over apartheid.

Morgan Freeman reached out to his old Million Dollar Baby mucker, and if Eastwood approves the script – written by Anthony Peckham – he may well sit in the big folding chair. It’ll have to wait, though – he first has to make The Changeling with Angelina Jolie.

[Skiza]

Hmmm should be an intersesting flick!!

[LarryNJ]

It would be interesting if they made it. Morgan Freeman would play a great Mandela. He's a top notch actor as is Matt Damon. It's a stretch calling Clint a 'top class director', I can't think of any good movies he directed in the last 30 years. Not to mention he must be 90, just retire Clint.

[JediKnight]

Clint? Isn't he an Oscar winning director?

Who's going to play Jonah? And which poor sod will have to play Tony Underwood?!

[.X.]

Clint has been the director of every movie he has been in for the last 30 years

[chook]

Jonah is being played by Michael Clarke Duncan



Heres a still from the movie, with Suzi, who is going to be played by Scarlett Johansson

[LarryNJ]

Clint? Isn't he an Oscar winning director?

He very well may be, but it's because of his name not his movie making ability.

Clint has been the director of every movie he has been in for the last 30 years

And there hasn't been a good one since Outlaw of Josie Wells & High Plains Drifter which are about 30 years old.

[The Lone Hydrangea]

Scarlett, now what a woman ......eh Chookster!

[JediKnight]

Jonah is being played by Michael Clarke Duncan



Heres a still from the movie, with Suzi, who is going to be played by Scarlett Johansson

Who's Suzi?

[brokendown gunfighter]

suzi,the all blacks most loved waitress

[James]

I heard talk that Eddie Murphy was going to play a young George Gregan.

[chook]

Scarlett, now what a woman ......eh Chookster!

You know my tastes good sir. The SAS Lounge has been updated recently too I might add.....

[Mtbeaver]

...who is going to be played by Scarlett Johansson

Thats the only reason you care isn't it, Chook.

[chook]

You say that like its a bad thing.

[Mtbeaver]

Of course not!