News for Mar. 27, 2007

"Rings" star Serkis playing Einstein in TV movie

3/27/07, 6:11 pm EST - Xoanon

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Andy Serkis, the English actor best known for playing Gollum in the "Lord of the Rings" films, will star as Albert Einstein in a TV movie about one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century: the creation of Einstein's theory of relativity. "Einstein and Eddington," a collaboration between HBO Films and the BBC, will co-star David Tennant, a household name in Britain with his starring role as the 10th Doctor on BBC's long-running series "Doctor Who." [More]