The Weinstein Company will release Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, a biopic about Nelson Mandela starring Idris Elba. Bond Girl, Naomie Harris, will play his wife, Winnie Mandela.It was filmed in Johannesburg and the Eastern Cape and was completed a few months ago. It will detail Mandela's "early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison." The film was produced by Anant Singh, who began communicating with Mandela while he was in prison, and will be based on his 1996 autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom.
