Acclaimed rapper Mos Def is to star alongside Alan Rickman in a new movie for US cable channel HBO.
The Hollywood Reporter says that 'Something the Lord Made' is based on the true story of Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, a white surgeon and black lab technician who became pioneers in the field of heart surgery.
Mos Def was most recently seen on Irish cinema screens in 'The Italian Job'.
He is also set to star in the big screen adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's classic novel 'A Confederacy of Dunces'.
