Rama’s SCREEN

Has Robert Downey Jr. ever done Southern accent before? I’m aware that he’s a talented actor but I don’t remember him ever play in a western movie.
I’m asking that because, being a busy man that he is, Robert Downey Jr. might find the time to put on some boots and a cowboy hat for his next role.

According to Hollywood Reporter, Mr. Tony Stark, a.k.a Iron Man, a.k.a Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to star in DreamWorks/Universal’s COWBOYS AND ALIENS.

An interesting mix of the sci-fi and Western genres based on 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 whole thing draws a parallel between the American imperialist drive to conquer the “savage” Indians with its advanced technology and the aliens’ assault on Earthlings… the western settler and the Indians must join together to survive the invaders’ attack.

I think it’ll have some sort of themes on tolerance.
It’s an okay concept, I suppose, the best combination between western and sci-fi, in my book, was the TV series Firefly and its movie adaptation SERENITY.
But let’s face it, how can weapons from the 1800 withstand alien’s technology?! You have got to be either really really smart and come up with your own counter attack weapon design…or you’re just a laser-proof Super Cowboy.

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.