Robert Downey Jr. is embarking on a new project! The 56-year-old Iron Man star is set to reunite with writer and director Shane Black for an Amazon Studios deal to develop a series of movie and TV projects adapted from Donald E.
Westlake’s Parker crime fiction series, Variety reported. Click inside to read more… The first project will be a feature film called Play Dirty, in which Robert stars as Parker, a “professional thief with a brutal, mercenary work ethic.” The star and director worked together on 2005′s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which was Shane Black‘s directorial debut.
They later reunited when Shane co-wrote and directed Iron Man 3. The series of Parker-related projects is among one of Robert Downey Jr.‘s first major moves beyond the Marvel franchise.
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