Ethan Hawke will star as Nikola Tesla in a biopic on the famed inventor and electricity pioneer, according to reports.
Hawke will be reuniting with the film’s writer-director Michael Almereyda. The two worked together on Hamlet and Cymbeline.
The film will “chronicle the life and times of the famed Serbia-born inventor, including his creation of the AC motor and his fierce rivalry with Thomas Edison,” the publication reported.
Directed by Michael Almereyda, Tesla will chart the American-Serbian engineer and physicist’s personal and public journey, including his creation of an alternating current electric system and his bitter rivalry with physicist Thomas Edison, said The Hollywood Reporter.
