Eastwood & Freeman together again

Back in June, I talked about how Morgan Freeman's role in THE HUMAN FACTOR, a movie which would see him play Nelson Mandela could end up being the iconic role of his career. Well, according to Variety the chances of that have increased dramatically. The trade say that Clint Eastwood is in talks to direct the movie and once again helm his good friend Morgan Freeman. The last two times he did that, he won an Oscar for UNFORGIVEN and MILLION DOLLAR BABY and Freeman himself won his first and only Academy award so far, for the latter film. The film which is based on the John Carlin book The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Changed the World, shows how the 1995 Rugby World Cup helped heal post-apartheid race relations in South Africa. There's more positive news on this one. The trade mention that the awesome Matt Damon is in talks to play the Springbok leader! The movie is becoming more ambitious than the small Indie flick that was planned a few months back and is now in talks to be setup at Warners. Eastwood helming Freeman again, in what could be his GHANDI, is just exciting news. Add Matt Damon to the mix and you have a sure fire winner here.