Brendan Fraser has signed on to join Harrison Ford in medical drama Crowley, uniting Indiana Jones and The Mummy's Rick O'Connell at last. We were hoping that together they'd be lassooing and/or casting ancient mystical spells to combat disease while outrunning ravenous hordes of voles or something, but judging by the synopsis things are set to be a little less exciting.
The film's inspired by the true story of John (Fraser) and Aileen Crowley, whose two children were born with a rare genetic disorder. Although there was no treatment available, they refused to give up hope, tracking down a researcher (Ford) with a potential cure.
Hmm, so we're talking more Lorenzo's Oil than Temple of Doom, but we're still optimistic that some sort of religious artifact and its mystical powers will come into play somewhere.
The film's set to be directed by Tom Vaughan, he of the rather good Starter for Ten and the rather bad What Happens in Vegas. Robert Nelson Jacobs, of The Shipping News and Chocolat, is writing the script, based on a Wall Street Journal article and book by Geeta Anand.