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variety.com - 10/7/2009

Samuel L. Jackson set for 'Different'

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Actor to star in 'Same Kind' adaptation Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to star in "Same Kind of Different as Me," an adaptation of a nonfiction bestseller that has been adapted by screenwriters Roderick and Bruce Taylor ("The Brave One"). Jackson will play Denver Moore, an ex-con drifter who ...

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