It was the poor critical and commercial response to The Judge which seemingly put the breaks on the Perry Mason movie, and Downey Jr.
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Despite that, HBO understandably wants to keep creator and writer Nic Pizzolatto close, and it appears as if his next project will be quite a bit different as he looks to team up with Robert Downey Jr. for a new television series.
According to the report, the project may be a Perry Mason reboot, which Downey Jr. and Warner Bros. initially revealed as a feature film in 2011.
Pizzolatto is writing the treatment, while Downey will star, marking his first TV role since his days on Ally McBeal.
Pizzolatto, meanwhile, has an overall deal with HBO stemming from True Detective, whith new HBO programming president Casey Bloys telling reporters July 30 that the anthology “is not dead”.
The drama’s script will be penned by Pizzolato, while the Iron Man actor will serve as executive producer alongside wife Susan Downey.
Downey and Pizzolatto are repped by CAA; the latter is additionally handled by Anonymous Content.
The character of Perry Mason, an unorthodox investigator/defense attorney, was created by Gardner in the early 1930s.
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It was adapted into an Emmy-winning TV show starring Robert Burr, which ran from 1957 until 1966. Take the aforementioned True Detective, for example, which brought Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey, Rachel McAdams, Vince Vaughn, and Colin Farrell to the small screen over its two seasons. That’s worked out well for many projects once destined for the big screen.
