WATCH: Eddie The Eagle trailer

Based on the true story.

Published 16th Dec 2015

Based on the true story of Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards this new film due out next year, follows Eddie's life from his childhood to the Winter Olympics.

Eddie became Britain's first Olympic ski-jumper in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics refusing to be defeated by the odds.

Starring Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) stars as Eddie and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) as coach Bronson Peary Eddie The Eagle will be released on the 1st April 2016.