It looks as if the chemistry of the Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau partnership isn't limited to the Iron Man franchise. Today it is being reported in the trades that the pair will re-team immediately after Iron Man 2, for Cowboys and Aliens. Creators Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley published the indie comic Cowboys & Aliens in 2006 with Platinum Studios. The story surrounds the wild west Arizona landscape in the mid-1800s. An extraterrestrial species crash lands with the intent of enslaving humans, but the Cowboys and native Apache who've previously been battling each other have other plans for the invading aliens. Downey Jr. has been attached to the production since announcements of the project surfaced in the summer of 2008, but no director has been attached until the news broke that Favreau was in final negotiations to direct. Iron Man writing team Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus have been...
- 9/2/2009
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to star in DreamWorks/Universal's "Cowboys & Aliens," a pulpy mix of the sci-fi and Western genres that could serve as a potential 2010 tentpole.
The deal would be Downey's first since propelling Marvel Studios' "Iron Man" to $500 million-plus in worldwide loot (and growing). He next will be seen in the comedy "Tropic Thunder" from DreamWorks in August, followed by the drama "The Soloist" in November, a DreamWorks/Universal co-production.
Imagine Entertainment partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are producing. Platinum Studios chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg also will produce, along with DreamWorks mainstays Steven Spielberg, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Ervin Rustemagic and Rich Marincic will co-produce.
"Cowboys & Aliens" derives from a graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley from an original idea by Rosenberg. The story 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 deal would be Downey's first since propelling Marvel Studios' "Iron Man" to $500 million-plus in worldwide loot (and growing). He next will be seen in the comedy "Tropic Thunder" from DreamWorks in August, followed by the drama "The Soloist" in November, a DreamWorks/Universal co-production.
Imagine Entertainment partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are producing. Platinum Studios chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg also will produce, along with DreamWorks mainstays Steven Spielberg, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Ervin Rustemagic and Rich Marincic will co-produce.
"Cowboys & Aliens" derives from a graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley from an original idea by Rosenberg. The story 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.
- 6/16/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a mid-seven-figure deal, Platinum Studios has hired Sahara scribes Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly to write its upcoming comic book adaptation, Dead Of Night. Budgeted at $35 million, Dead of Night is based on the Italian comic series Dylan Dog and inspired by events in two Dylan Dog graphic novels. Platinum chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is producing; Ervin Rustemagic is executive producing; Aaron Severson and Jay Burns are co-producing. It's not the first time that Platinum has worked with the writing duo. The studio had set up another Dylan Dog project at Dimension Films with Oppenheimer and Donnelly writing. It since has re-acquired the rights.
- 4/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Escape Artists and comic book powerhouse Platinum Studios are teaming up for some sci-fi escapism with the high-concept tentpole Cowboys and Aliens for Columbia Pictures. Sahara writers Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Donnelly have come on board to adapt the project, which is set within Platinum's comic book "macroverse" of more than 1,000 characters. Escape Artists' Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black, Steve Tisch and David Alper will produce in association with Platinum's Scott Rosenberg, Ervin Rustemagic and Gregor Noveck. Amy Baer will oversee for the studio. Created by Platinum Studios founder and chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Cowboys and Aliens is set in the Old West, where cowboys and Indians must put aside their differences to battle an alien invasion.
- 5/12/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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