Robert Downey Jr. To Play Iron Man

Director Jon Favreau (Elf, Zathura) will lead the project for Paramount Pictures.

Robert Downey Jr. will play Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genious inventor.  When he is kidnapped, he is forced to build a devastating weapon.  Using his intelligence and ingenuity, Stark instead builds a high-tech suit of armour and escapes captivity.  Upon his return to the U.S., he uncovers a plot with global implications and must don his armour and protect the world. 

The comic strip first appeared in 1960.