Emmy-winning former The Americans star Matthew Rhys has been tapped for the lead in Perry Mason, HBO’s limited series from Team Downey. Rhys will play the classic character in the reboot, which tracks the unorthodox investigator/defense attorney’s origin story. Perry Mason is in the process of hiring a director, and…

Hulu has given a pilot order to Sweet Tooth, a drama based on characters created for DC Vertigo by Jeff Lemire. The project hails from Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey, Hap and Leonard co-creator Jim Mickle and Warner Bros. TV. Written and to be directed by Mickle, Sweet Tooth is the coming-of-age…

YouTube will explore the world of artificial intelligence in a new docuseries, from Team Downey’s Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey, Network Entertainment and Sonar Entertainment. The eight-episode hourlong series will premiere exclusively on YouTube Red in 2019. Downey Jr. will host and narrate the Untitled A.I…

Annapurna Pictures has partnered with Susan and Robert Downey Jr.'s Team Downey production company on an untitled feature film based on the episode "Man of the People" from Gimlet Media's “Reply All” podcast. Richard Linklater is set to direct the project with Downey Jr. attached to star. The podcast tells the true…

EXCLUSIVE– In-demand writer Mike Jones has closed his deal to adapt acclaimed fiction writer George Saunders’ children’s book The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip for MGM. Saunders will serve as a producer on the project, which will be an animated feature. The book, which debuted in 200o to heady critical acclaim…

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features just won an auction for rights to make an elevated genre movie from A Head Full Of Ghosts, the upcoming thriller novel by Paul Tremblay. William Morrow publishes the book next month. Focus prevailed in an auction that also had TriStar in hot pursuit. Deals are being closed for Ben Collins…

Cinemax has put in development Baghdad Country Club, a drama from Robert Downey Jr. & Susan Downey's Team Downey banner. Written by Dave Andron (Justified), the project is inspired by the digital article of same name by prolific journalist Joshuah Bearman, whose story The Great Escape became the basis for the 2012…