Iron Man in Hitchcock! Robert Downey Jr. in the remake of the masterpiece of the master of suspense

A remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller Cold Sweat is in the works at Paramount Pictures. As reported by Variety and ComingSoon, it will be written by Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight, who also recently revealed that he is writing a secret Star Wars movie. Stephen Knight is known for having signed the Millennium Scripts: What Won’t Kill Me (2018) or even Spencer (2021).

The remake will be co-produced by Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan Downey through Gundy Downey’s production banner, meaning the Marvel actor could star in it.

Released in 1958, Cold Sweats was directed by a master of suspense himself. The film tells the story of a former detective who suffers from acrophobia, or fear of heights. After a chase across the rooftops of San Francisco that ends in the death of his partner, he is traumatized and guilt-ridden and decides to resign from the police force. When a former classmate asks him to accompany his wife, he reluctantly agrees. He has no idea the hair-raising depths this will lead him to. Many exciting twists follow.

The feature film, starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bell Geddes, Tom Helmore and Henry Jones, is a 7th art mainstay, often cited as one of the 100 greatest films of all time. It is also considered “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress.

Batman and Iron Man in Adam McKay

It looks like Robert Downey Jr. has some really big projects ahead of him, as the actor was also recently announced to be casting for Adam McKay’s next film (The Big Short, Don’t Look Up). authorized Average height, average buildThe project is described, according to The Hollywood Reporter, as part thriller about a serial killer, part comedy in which the killer uses political lobbyists to change laws to make it easier to kill.

Like all of Adam McKay’s recent work, the project deals with socio-political issues. After the 2008 housing crisis for The Big Short and the climate crisis for Don’t Look Up, this time he will focus on crime and corruption.

The film, which Adam McKay wrote himself, will, as always, benefit from a famous ensemble: in addition to Robert Downey Jr., we will be able to find there Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker and Daniel Deadweiler. Filming is expected to begin in late summer in Boston, although the film has yet to find a studio to finance or distribute it.

But these are not the only projects of Robert Downey Jr. this year. The actor, who recently appeared unrecognizable on the set of his new TV series The Sympathizer, is set to star in Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated Oppenheimer biopic about the World War II “father of the atomic bomb,” played by Cillian Murphy. Also in the cast of the feature film, there are also very beautiful people: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Gary Oldman, Kenneth Branagh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck and many others.

The film will be released on our screens on July 19, 2023. Check out Oppenheimer’s trailer below: