MUMBAI: Indie distributor Newmarket has picked up the US rights of Toronto International Film Festival opener Creation.

The company has sealed the deal for Jon Amiel‘s pic about the life of Charles Darwin and will release the film in December.

The film has Paul Bettany who stars as the scientist who, as depicted here, battled with others over questions of religion vs. science as he wrote his classic tome ‘On the Origin of Species‘ and also battled his own demons over the loss of a young daughter. Bettany‘s wife, Jennifer Connelly, stars as his on-screen spouse.

The film produced by Jeremy Thomas was well-received when it opened at the Toronto International Film Festival two weeks ago.

Newmarket has a strong record as an upstart distributor, releasing such films as Memento and The Passion of the Christ.