If you missed the trailer for the late-November release of the Nelson Mandela biopic, ‘Long Walk To Freedom,’ check it out here. It’s set to be a cracker and it’s starring a pedigree cast.

SA’s leading TV star, Jamie Bartlett (David Genaro in TV’s Rhythm City) will be playing Nelson Mandela’s censor officer and prison guard, James Gregory.

Jamie Bartlett plays James Gregory in
MANDELA: Long Walk To Freedom 

Gregory’s name came up more than once in Mandela’s book, Long Walk To Freedom, and when discussing the moment he left prison, he wrote, “at one stage our bond was an unspoken one and I would miss his soothing presence.”

According to Variety:

With Nelson Mandela turning 95 and hospitalized in South Africa, The Weinstein Co. has released the first official U.S. trailer for “Long Walk to Freedom.”

“He was public enemy No. 1,” the first title states, followed by an extended look at Idris Elba as a younger Mandela and Naomie Harris as his wife as the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa gained momentum.

TWC plans to release the film, directed by Justin Chadwick, in the U.S. on Nov. 29.

Silver screen accolades are not new to Jamie Bartlett, who starred alongside Hilary Swank (Red Dust) and Angelina Jolie (Beyond Borders).

Check out some scenes from those flicks here:

According to Variety, the film will open November 29 in the US, so you would expect it to do the same here in South Africa. That is what Ster Kinekor have also stated on their website here, although that date differs from the poster, which gives 3 January 2014 as the launch date.

Read up on Mandela’s prison guard, James Gregory here.