IDRIS ALBA TO PLAY MANDELA IN NEW BIOPIC MOVIE; LONG WALK TO FREEDOM.

 Idris Elba's next challenge is undoubtedly his biggest yet: playing Nelson Mandela in upcoming biopic Long Walk To Freedom. Directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl) and adapted from Mandela's autobiography by William Nicholson (Gladiator), the film follows Mandela's historic rise from political prisoner to the country's first democratically elected President.