Tennant set to meet Einstein

IGN.com has reported that David Tennant has signed on to play prominent astrophysicist Sir Arthur Eddington in Einstein and Eddington, a HBO Films/BBC co-production. The movie will focus on Einstein's creation of his theory of relativity. Tennant plays Sir Arthur Eddington, who ultimately introduced Einstein's theory to the English speaking world via an article he wrote in 1920. Playing opposite Tennant as Einstein is Andy Serkis, best known as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.