Robert Downey Jr. to be Sherlock Holmes ?!

EW.com reports that Robert Downey Jr. is considering a role in Guy Ritchie’s upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie. Some will undoubtedly says that casting an American in what is a quintessential English role is sacrilege, but then it’s not as if we haven’t been here before is it?

Listing previous actors who have played the part is like rolling off a who’s who of world cinema, with names such as Ian Richardson (Scottish), Richard Roxburgh (Australian) and Christopher Plummer (Canadian) on the list, it’s safe to say that this isn’t new ground.

Downey is in demand in Hollywood right now following the success of “Iron Man“. He is already wanted to play Hugh Hefner in Brett Ratner’s Hefner biopic, “Playboy“, and also for Gary Ross‘ “Dog Years” and the detective film “Travis McGee“.

The only problem I can see is his busy schedule

Downey Jr. will next be seen in Ben Stiller war comedy “Tropic Thunder“, scheduled to hit theaters on August 15, 2008.

Iron Man 2 May Start Filming in March 2009 !?

In an interview with Military.com, Terrence Howard talks about playing Tony Stark’s military liaison in ‘Iron Man 2‘.

“Iron Man 2” is scheduled to begin filming in March 2009. Most of the main actors, including Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard, are expected to reprise their roles in the sequel. Meanwhile, the main character of the Marvel adaptation movie, Tony Stark who becomes known as Iron Man when he suits up in his armored steel suit, will be seen making a cameo appearance in the highly anticipated action movie “The Incredible Hulk” which hits the big screen on Friday, June 13.

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‘Tropic Thunder’ Restricted Trailer

DreamWorks has released a restricted trailer for the upcoming “Tropic Thunder” film, featuring several crazy scenes from the movie and some of the hilarious past projects of Ben Stiller and Jack Black.

“Tropic Thunder” is a comedy about five actors who go on location and find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences when they get stuck in a real war-like situation.

The film stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson and Jay Baruchel as a group of actors shooting a Platoon-esque war film in the jungle.

Tropic Thunder hits theaters on August 15.

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‘Charlie Bartlett’ Exclusive clip

Fresh from kicking insurgent ass in drolly superheroic fashion in Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr can next be seen in our multiplexes in Charlie Bartlett, out this Friday. Billed by its publicists as a “cool, edgy comedy for the Prozac era”, the film centres on a wealthy misfit who finds himself dispensing advice and psychotropic drugs in his high school boys’ toilet. Downey Jr stars as the bemused headmaster matching wits with the teen entrepreneur, played by a puppyish (and Poppy-ish) Anton Yelchin, last seen here as the doomed kidnappee in Nick Cassavetes’ Alpha Dog. Here’s a clip.

Comparisons have already been drawn to that other high school rule-breaker, Ferris Bueller (manipulative, precociously articulate protagonist? Check. Clashes with a recalcitrant authority figure? Check. Hammy crowd scenes where the protagonist basks in the love of his peers? Check.) But will Charlie Bartlett be anywhere as generation-defining as Matthew Broderick’s serial truant?

‘Iron Man’ Los Angeles Premiere

Paramount Pictures and Marvel present the Los Angeles Premiere of Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges.

Director Jon Favreau, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor, Channing Tatum, Vince Vaughn, Stan Lee, Avi Arad, Kevin Feige, Pete Wentz and many others walked down the red carpet of the Los Angeles Premiere of Iron Man.

Iron Man played at about 2,500 locations last night with the screenings starting at 8pm. The country’s largest exhibitor Regal Cinemas generated an estimated $1.3M in ticket sales for the Jon Favreau-directed superhero flick while the AMC chain is reporting $1.2M.

Robert Downey’s trainer, Brad Bose, told the IESB that he starts training with Downey just after this final premiere in LA. Downey has had a few months off in between going to work on Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder. Then, he will have him ready to wear the suit again in just 5 months. This time around he wants to put an extra 10 pounds on the actor, for a little more bulk.

So most likely, fan can look for a production start in early 2009 for Iron Man 2. The first film is tracking highly and can expect a big box-office opening weekend.

Sumner Redstone and Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey told that if the movie does as well as expected, Paramount will greenlight a sequel for the same week in 2010.

‘Iron Man 2′ is coming…quickly!

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‘Tropic Thunder’ Red Band Teaser Trailer

After releasing a picture earlier this week that still makes us giggle, Paramount has now put a small teaser for Tropic Thunder online, which you can see below.

There’s very little footage in there, but this looks like great fun. It’s got lots of explosions, which, in the words of Michael Bay, is awesome. But the cast is fantastic and looks like they’re having the time of their lives playing actors who think they’re shooting a Vietnam movie but accidentally become involved in real combat when their exasperated director dumps them in the jungle. Nick Nolte with a bazooka would be enough to get us into the cinema, but Robert Downey Jr, in full un-PC make up, is the one that’s guaranteed our interest. With this and Iron Man coming up, we are currently man-crushing on him quite a lot.

Brand New ‘Iron Man’ Trailer Lands!

We’re only three months away from having Harrison Ford’s face stamped on every bus phone box and bum cheek (I recently lost a bet), but whilst we sit in wait for the return of Dr. Jones we’re also rather keen on the arrival of Robert Downey Jr. in an iron armour.

Another brand new trailer has turned up for ‘Iron Man‘ and if you thought the previous ones were good, check out this beast. Cutting to the chase and only giving a glance to the hefty bruiser that is the Mark I suit, Tony Stark’s machine loving mind gets straight back to work when returning from his kidnapping in Iraq and onto a sleeker smoother suit which eventually receives a little ‘hot rod red’.

But as Stark is flying around and giving US fighter jets the slip, an enemy is rising within his own business, one who will eventually strike at the billionaire hero with his own weapon.

Downey Jr. could have easily found the role he was born to play and Gwyneth Paltrow looks surprisingly alright as a ginger (pronounced ‘ging-gah’), but we’ll leave the opinions up to you. Have a gander and see what you think…

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