Craig and Ford team up in Cowboys & Aliens

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=45997

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
June 16, 2008

Iron Man's 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, says The Hollywood Reporter.

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 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 latest draft of the script was done by Iron Man and Children of Men writers Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus.

 

[Dark Donnie]

RDJ has a lot of projects lined up. Not familiar with the story but it sounds original.

 

[Hunter Rider]

RDJ has a lot of projects lined up. Not familiar with the story but it sounds original.

Yeah, it strikes me as something that if done well could be awesome, but it's such and odd mesh of genres it could end up a total mess.

 

[Movies205]

As long as I don't have to sit through more Indian propaganda I'm fine

 

[Dark Donnie]

Teaser Trailer for the comic book is over at Slashfilm:

 

[Dark Donnie]

Double Post

 

[Darkfly]

just read it on Latinoreview, awesome

 

[Poeman]

omg my two favorite things combined with downey jr...will be HUGE!!

 

[Gotham]

I've never read the novel, but I love the way it's sounding. Also, Spielberg and Downey? Yes. I'm in the seat!

 

[DACrowe]

Never heard of it, but the genres can be more the successfully blended (sheds a tear at the memory of Firefly and Serenity). This sounds interesting.

 

[Mr. Credible]

robert downey is like a license to print money right now. he'll be the next depp, mark my words... and him playing a cowboy? that's freaking genius.

oh, and cowboys + aliens = awesome.

 

[P.B.&Chocolate]

Must be great to be Downey Jr these days offers being thrown his way and all.If this does come out in 2010 and Iron Man 2 also releases that summer it could be a huge summer for him.This movie sounds like a lot of fun sort of like a Roswell ,NM type thing .

 

[louiebling$]

i dont see how he can do so many film and still do ironman

 

[Iron_Stark]

Never heard of it, but the genres can be more the successfully blended (sheds a tear at the memory of Firefly and Serenity). This sounds interesting.

That's what it kinda reminded me of when I read the graphic novel. My LCS was giving away graphic novels about a year ago and Cowboys and Aliens was the one I got.

 

[Cinemaman]

Who is going to direct it?

 

[Gotham]

Who is going to direct it?

At the moment, no one. I'm hoping Alex Kurtzman makes his directorial debut with this film, though.

 

[GhostPoet]

RDJ is really proving himself to be a fantastic and diverse actor.
he can even do great comedy by the looks of his new movie!

 

[P.B.&Chocolate]

i dont see how he can do so many film and still do ironman

For now he is only signed and contracted to do Ironman 2 whenever they get the screenplay and Faverau resigned . This movie is in negotiations for a contract meaning he has verbally agreed to do this .The Hefner biopic and other films he has been attached to are just the studios , director putting his name out there wanting him for their project .

 

[Cinemaman]

At the moment, no one. I'm hoping Alex Kurtzman makes his directorial debut with this film, though.

Orci could co-direct it as well as Kurtzman, so why don't them team-up?

 

[Gotham]

Orci could co-direct it as well as Kurtzman, so why don't them team-up?

That would be great. I haven't heard him talk about wanting to direct, but I'm all for it.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Spielberg take the chair himself.

 

[Gotham]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Spielberg take the chair himself.

Really? Isn't he busy with Tintin and Lincoln?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Really? Isn't he busy with Tintin and Lincoln?

Things change all the time with him and this features Aliens which are his favorites and he has also said he'd love to do a Western, this combines his loves.

 

[Batteen87]

A Steven Spielberg film made in the new millennium that has a chance of not sucking, and it has Robert Downey Jr.. This has peaked my interest.

 

[Hoedowned]

Things change all the time with him and this features Aliens which are his favorites and he has also said he'd love to do a Western, this combines his loves.

I dunno, it seems to lack that father/son dynamic that Spielberg shoehorns into all his movies (with a few exceptions). But yeah, it would be cool to see him do this.