Ron Howard is set to direct an adaptation of neuro-anatomist’s Jill Bolte Taylor’s memoir My Stroke of Insight.
The book chronicles Taylor’s fight to recover from a massive stroke she suffered in 1996 at the age of 37. A blood vessel on the left side of her brain exploded and within a matter of hours, she could no longer walk, read, write, or even recall past memories. Taylor’s training as a neuro-anatomist gave her a unique insight into her own recovery that “became at times a mystical experience” and “fused her with feelings of peace and well-being that she has tried to retain, even after struggling to reclaim her life and standing in the scientific community.”
Deadline reports that Howard wants Jodie Foster to play Taylor. Then they can all go home with a sack full of “Overcoming Adversity” Oscars.
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