Favreau & Downey to Reunite For Cowboys & Aliens?

With filming on Iron Man 2 finished and now in post-production, Jon Favreau is close to picking his next directorial feature. And surpringly enough, it's not The Avengers after all.

According to Variety, the director (and some forget actor) is said to be hovering around Cowboys & Aliens before returning to the world of Tony Stark, Rhodey & Co. for a third Iron Man go-around. If you'll remember, Shellhead himself Robert Downey Jr. has been attached to the property pretty much since after Iron Man exploded back in May 2008.

Certainly helps matters that the script was done by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindeloff (coming off the killer success of Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and currently working on the Trek sequel). Anything they develop right now will be eaten up by studios.

I can't say I'm nuts about the film based on the premise (i.e. cowboys and Indians team up to fight aliens in the Old West). Meh. But it's good that Favreau is taking some time away from Shellhead to recharge his batteries. 

In related news, Aint-It-Cool-News has exclusively learned that the afore-mentioned Iron Man sequel (in addition to the first film) might be converted into 3-D. At the moment, a minute long demo is making the rounds for those willing to pony up the cash to get it done. I'll repeat what I said earlier. Meh.