Is Downey Jr. a Cowboy or Alien?
Does it really matter?
Outside of the rumors that Robert Downey Jr. will be playing Hugh Hefner in the film adaptation of the Playboy mogul’s life for none other than Brett Ratner we have news that he is in negotiations to star in DreamWorks/Universal’s Cowboys & Aliens based on a graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley from an original idea by Platinum Studios chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg.
The story is described as a pulpy mix of the sci-fi and Western genres that centers on an Old West battle between the Apache and Western settlers, including a former Union Army gunslinger named Zeke Jackson (Downey), that is interrupted by a spaceship crashing into the prairie near Silver City, Ariz. The story draws a parallel between the American imperialist drive to conquer the “savage” Indians with its advanced technology and the aliens’ assault on Earthlings, who must join together to survive the invaders’ attack.
The most recent draft of the script was written by Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus who previously worked on the script for the Downey superhero starrer,
A director is not yet attached.
Downey will next be seen in the comedy Tropic Thunder followed up by the Oscar bait feature The Soloist.
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