Ioan Gruffudd (Mr. Fantastic in the “Fantastic Four” movies) moves on to another superlative, playing William Wilberforce, the British politician who crusaded to end slavery in “Amazing Grace”.

The film also features an astounding performance by Albert Finney as the writer of the world’s most famous hymn. The director is Michael Apted.

The second trailer and some astounding video clips can be viewed on the site.

The film opens on February 23rd in select cities. Alas, Rochester MN is not one of them, but I may have to pay a visit my friends in Roseville since it’s showing there. This sounds like an incredible movie.