Coming from a privileged upbringing, cosmologist and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking naturally had a first-rate education - though no-one could expect the kind of genius and revolutionary theories that he would eventually come up with. While wowing his university professors with his baffling discoveries, he was fighting a personal battle with his rapidly deteriorating health. Whilst still studying, he began to lose the ability to walk as well as the ability to speak before being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and given a two-year expect survival rate. As to be expected from one of the world's most accomplished scientists, he defied the odds and embarked on a long and fulfilling life that lasts to this day - with just a little help from the love of his youth Jane Wilde, who encouraged him to carry on speaking with the help of his trademark speech generating device.
This touching - and often tearjerking - drama is a film biography of the life of one of world's most intelligent men Stephen Hawking. Starring Eddie Redmayne, the film has been directed by Oscar winner James Marsh ('Man on Wire', 'Shadow Dancer', 'The King') and written by Anthony McCarten ('Death of a Superhero', 'Show of Hands') and it is scheduled for release in January 2015.