Going Hollywood

By KAREN KAPLAN

Aug. 31, 1998 12 AM PT

You know your comeback is complete when Noah Wyle, star of NBC’s red-hot doctor drama “ER,” is cast to play you in a TV movie.

Wyle--a.k.a. Dr. John Carter--is negotiating a deal to portray the young Steve Jobs in TNT’s made-for-TV movie “Pirates of Silicon Valley,” expected to air on the cable network next year, according to Variety magazine. The movie, about the early rivalry between Jobs’ Apple Computer and Microsoft, will also feature former brat-pack nerd Anthony Michael Hall in the role of the young Bill Gates, according to the magazine. Production is set to begin in October.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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