Kingsley Leads The Physician

Ben Kingsley, Tom Payne and Stellan Skarsgard have joined the cast of the medieval period drama "The Physician" says THR.

Based on author Noah Gordon's best-selling book, where Payne plays a 11th century European physician who searches for the scientific truth of illness and healing in a medieval world dominated by religion and superstition.

Kingsley will play Ibn Sina, the “doctor of all doctors”, while Skarsgard will play Barber, the physician's first mentor.

Olivier Martinez is signed to play the Shah Ala ad-Daula.

Jan Berger wrote the adapted script from which director Philipp Stölzl calls action.

Production kicks off in Morocco and Germany next month.