Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Adjoa Andoh
Certificate: 12A
Trailer

He's played God, the US President, and a countless number of doctors and detectives. It was only a matter of time before Morgan Freeman, a man of immense gravitas and presence, took on the role he was born to play: Nelson Mandela. Effortlessly adopting his mannerisms, physical poise and slow, studied speech, Morgan makes for a sound statesman. It's just his statesman doesn't sound like Nelson Mandela. So every time you look at Mandela, you think one thing: Morgan Freeman.

Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
Certificate: TBC
Release Date: Friday 5th February

Award winning Director Clint Eastwood and Warner Bros. Pictures brings us Invictus which hits UK cinemas nationwide from 5th February 2010. Having already been nominated for an array of Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards as well as being hotly tipped for Oscar® success, Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country.

Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. 

Morgan Freeman. Nelson Mandela. Clint Eastwood. The signs were all there long ago that Invictus would be a phenomenal piece of film-making. Now, you can witness for yourself the trailer, which sees Mandela's post-Robben Island push to unite South Africa behind the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.

With the blacks cheering for England, the whites for their own country, he fights with Springboks captain Francious Pienaar (Matt Damon) to win both the tournament and the people. Based on John Carlin's book, Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandel and the Game that Made a Nation, Invictus means "unconquered", and comes from William Ernest Henley's poem. Eastwood's underdog drama is made of win. It hits our shores in February, but you can see the trailer over at Apple, or read on for the full video and poster.