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GOODING JR. TOPLINES BEN CARSON BIOPIC: Actor to play famous neurologist in TNT original movie.
*Cuba Gooding Jr. has been cast as the lead in "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story," a TNT original movie based on a memoir by the real-life neurologist, reports Reuters.
Due in the first quarter of 2009, the film will trace Carson's journey from frustrated inner-city kid to director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. It will air under TNT's Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation banner.
Thomas Carter, who directed the feature film "Coach Carter," will direct "Gifted Hands" from a script by John Pielmeier.
Carson's memoir begins with his childhood in a rough neighborhood of Detroit and his difficulties after his father "abandoned the family." Encouraged by his mother, Carson wrote, he pushed himself to succeed in school even when faced with prejudice and negative peer pressure. His accomplishments led him to be named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which President Bush bestowed on Carson at a ceremony in June.
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