Fraser joins Harrison Ford's 'Crowley'

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Brendan Fraser will play the title role in Harrison Ford drama Crowley, according to Production Weekly.

Based on a true story, the film will focus on John and Aileen Crowley, whose two children suffered from a fatal neuromuscular disorder. Instead of giving up hope, John discovered a maverick scientist, Robert Stonehill (Ford), with a potential cure for the disease.

Tom Vaughan is attached to direct Crowley for CBS, with Ford serving as executive producer.

Robert Nelson Jacobs adapted the script from Geeta Anand's book The Cure, which she expanded from her Wall Street Journal profile of Stonehill.