GULFSTREAM Pictures has acquired the feature film rights to Richard N. Goodwin’s play “The Hinge of the World,” which focuses on the clash between astronomer Galileo Galilei and Pope Urban VIII, it was announced Wednesday by Gulfstream partners Mike Karz and Bill Bindley.

    Goodwin’s play explores the science, faith and politics as it depicts how Galileo tried to convince the 17th century pope that Earth was not the center of the universe.

    “The battle between Galileo and Pope Urban really plays out in an exciting and intriguing way, with the earth’s true place in the world hanging in the balance,” Bindley said.

    “Hinge” is the first play by Goodwin, the former presidential speech writer. His 1988 memoir “Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties,” which recounted the investigation into the “Twenty One Quiz Show” scandal, was the basis for Robert Redford’s 1994 film “Quiz Show.”(SD-Agencies)