It seems Natalie has a new film project in the works. According to Deadline, she will star in Photograph 51 for The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper. The film is inspired by the true story of Rosalind Franklin, the British scientist who first unveiled the hidden structure of DNA but whose legacy has been overshadowed. Anna Ziegler is adapting the script, which is based on her play of the same title.

According to the press note, Photograph 51 will uncover the story behind the brilliant scientist whose pioneering work in x-ray crystallography captured the image that revealed DNA’s double-helix structure, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for all known life. The movie poses the question how could Watson and Crick, scientists working on the same conundrum in a competing lab, have been awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery without even a mention of her name? Franklin has come to be known variously as as the “wronged heroine”, the “dark lady of DNA”, the “forgotten heroine”, a “feminist icon”, and the “Sylvia Plath of molecular biology”. Franklin’s pivotal role has remained largely in the shadows but Photograph 51 aims to reveal her quest to uncover the secret codes of all human life as she navigates both her colleagues and rivals before her untimely death at the age of only 37.

Ben Cosgrove of Leviathan Productions and Mandy Greenfield of Red Yes Studio, who together developed the project, will produce alongside Hooper and Arrival and Conclave outfit FilmNation Entertainment. FilmNation will launch international sales at the upcoming Cannes Market and will co-rep domestic rights with CAA Media Finance. FilmNation will finance.