Robert Downey Jr. is reuniting with his Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Iron Man 3 director Shane Black for an ambitious new franchise based on the Parker crime novels by Donald E.
Westlake for Amazon Studios.Downey Jr., 56, and Black, 60, will be developing both movies and TV shows based on the Parker books, which Westlake wrote under the pen name Richard Stark.The first project will be entitled Play Dirty, with Downey Jr.
set to portray Parker, according to Variety. Reunited:Robert Downey Jr. is reuniting with his Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Iron Man 3 director Shane Black for an ambitious new franchise based on the Parker crime novels by Donald E.
Westlake for Amazon Studios Director:Downey Jr., 56, and Black, 60, will be developing both movies and TV shows based on the Parker books, which Westlake wrote under the pen name Richard StarkIt's unclear which of the Parker books this new project Play Dirty will be based on, since that's not the title of any of the 24 Parker novels Westlake wrote between 1962 and 2008, the year Westlake died at 75 years of age.Parker has been described as a professional their with a 'brutal, mercenary work ethic.' Jason Statham previously played the title character in the 2013 film Parker, based on the 2000 novel Flashfire.
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