Strapping on Tony Stark’s suit of armour must’ve given Robert Downey Jr a taste for comic book-based🔯 action. Because he&rs𝄹quo;s now in negotiations to star in Universal/DreamWorks’ Cowboys & Aliens, which is based on the graphic novel.

Having lingered in development hell for a decade, the plot finds Western settlers battling Apaches, only to have their scrap invaded by the arrival of an extraterrestrial vessel. The humans suddenl♑y realise they must put their differences aside to fight off the alien menace.