Hayden Christensen is The Madison Kid

Hayden Christensen ("Star Wars" prequels) will play "Poker Brat" Phil Hellmuth in the biopic The Madison Kid, according to Production Weekly.

In 1989, the 24-year-old Hellmuth became the youngest World Champion of Poker by defeating the two-time defending champion, Johnny Chan, in the World Series of Poker main event. Hellmuth attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for three years before dropping out to play poker full time much to the chagrin of his father, a professor at the school.

Hellmuth's friend, Bob Soderstrom, wrote the script which is scheduled to begin filming April or May in Winnipeg, Canada.