With Robert Downey Jr. officially leaving the project a few days ago, Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau is already in negotiations with another star for his next blockbuster, Cowboys & Aliens. Collider reports that Daniel Craig is in talks take over Downey’s role. As previously reported, the film may start shooting in 3D as soon as this July. Check out the full Scott Mitchell Rosenberg comic here. With Lost‘s Damon Lindelof helping Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek, Transformers 2) on script duties, I’m definitely excited!
Cowboys and Aliens, which is based on the 2006 graphic novel series follows “an extraterrestrial species as it lands in Arizona in the mid-1800s. The aliens plan to quash the Wild West and enslave humanity, but the cowboys and native Apache have other plans.”
Cowboys & Aliens currently has a summer 2011 release date.
What do you think about Craig as the lead?