Mary Stuart Masterson, Gabrielle Union, Kyra Sedgwick and Charles S. Dutton have been added to the cast of HBO telepic “Something the Lord Made.”
Production is under way in and around Baltimore on the drama, which stars Alan Rickman and Mos Def (Daily Variety, Nov. 4).
Directed by Joseph Sargent, pic revolves around Dr. Alfred Blalock (Rickman) and medical technician Vivien Thomas (Def), who partnered to pioneer the process of open-heart surgery at Johns Hopkins U. in the early 1940s.
Peter Silverman and Todd Philips wrote the script. Exec producers are Robert W. Cort & David Madden and Eric Hetzel; producers are Mike Drake and Julian Krainin.
Pic had been developed at Paramount for a theatrical release with helmer Mick Jackson and scribes Bryan Goluboff and Robert Kaswell attached.