Two actors have been cast for the National Geographic Channel’s first scripted television show, Genius. Geoffrey Rush will play Albert Einstein and Johnny Flynn will play Einstein as a young man.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Ron Howard will serve as an executive producer and the director for the first episode. The story for this new anthology drama series comes from Walter Isaacson’s 2007 biography on the acclaimed physicist.
Here’s more from Deadline: “The 10-episode series will chart how an imaginative, rebellious patent clerk, who couldn’t get a teaching job or a doctorate, unlocked the mysteries of the atom and the universe. Each episode will explore Einstein’s extraordinary scientific achievements, along with his volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships.” (via HitFlix)