Lionsgate have an EINSTEIN biopic in mind

Back in April, we heard that Giovanni Ribisi was to star as the famous German physicist Albert Einstein in a movie biopic of the genius' life which was to be shot last summer by veteran Italian director Liliana Cavani but for whatever reason that never happened. According to IMDB, that project will film next year with Vincenzo Amato in the lead role, with Ribisi's name no longer attached. Now comes word from Variety that Lionsgate are also making an Einstein biopic, after the studio have acquired the worldwide rights to his name, as well as the biography Einstein: His Life and Universe, written by Walter Isaacson. The producers are on the look out for a writer to pen the script. The film is set to focus on Einstein's life from the age of 20 to 40, with the climax possibly being his Nobel Peace Prize victory in 1921 for his work in Physics. His personal life will be a big part of the film, including his many relationships and personal struggles. So we are at the very early stages of this project but it's interesting that it's Lionsgate that have picked up the rights to it. They are not a studio known for dramatic film and certainly not biopics such as these and it will be interesting to see how different this will be to the Italian project (which will be shot in English language) that is soon to be made. Of course Einstein will bizarrely be next seen on film in a flashback sequence in Watchmen and at one time was expected to be the historical figure John Hurt was to play in Indiana Jones IV, but we now know that won't be the case.