Gardner ya fahimci labarinsa yana da damar Hollywood bayan amsa mai yawa na kasa ga wata hira da ya yi tare da 20/20 a watan Janairun 2002. Ya wallafa tarihin rayuwarsa a ranar 23 ga Mayu, 2006, kafin ya zama mai ba da labari na babban fim din The Pursuit of Happyness, wanda Gabriele Muccino ya jagoranta kuma Columbia Pictures ya saki a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 2006.
Yadda aka rubuta sunan fim ɗin da ba a saba yi ba