Eddie Redmayne May Play Stephen Hawking In 'Theory Of Everything'

Briefly: James Marsh, director of Man on Wire and Project Nim, is putting together Theory of Everything, a dramatized biography of physicist Stephen Hawking. To play the scientist, Marsh is reportedly looking to Eddie Redmayne, of Les Miserables, and My Week With Marilyn.

If the deal happens, Marsh will still need an actress to play Hawking's wife; the film focuses on their relationship. That said, taking into account Redmayne's age, the time period for the film probably begins in the mid-'60s, when Hawking married Jane Wilde, to whom he was married until 1991. Ideally, the film will shoot this fall. Anthony McCarten scripted. [Deadline]