Robert Downey Jr. and director John Favereau seem to be on a creative streak together, their next project after Iron Man 2 seems to be another comic movie Cowboys & Aliens.
Cowboys & Aliens has a long history in Hollywood. Famously bought based on a poster concept, the idea kicked around from Universal and Dreamworks to Columbia and back to Universal. Several writers have taken a crack at it. When Downey’s name was attached the current writers were Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus, who wrote Iron Man. Now Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindeloff are rewriting. As far as we know the logline is the same: in the Old West, “settlers and Native Americans wage a bloody battle for control of the land. But when the Earth is threatened by conquerors from the stars, these sworn enemies must work together to save all humanity.”
The interest that rises when Favreau and Downey threaten to team up on this one is tempered by the Kurtzman/Orci involvement. Sure, their Star Trek worked, but that was a casting success more than anything else. Will another casting success and the input of Favreau overcome the Kurtzman/Orci tendencies? We might find out in 2011; the film is tentatively scheduled for a summer 2010 start date.
This is something that just seems right from the get-go. I’m all about it, they certainly have the right chemistry going and hopefully they can keep it up.
Source: /Film
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