Robert Downey Jr. is trading Iron Man’s metal suit for Sherlock Holmes’ deerstalker hat, reports the A.P.

Downey is following his action blockbuster “Iron Man” with the title role in “Sherlock Holmes,” a mystery drama based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective and an upcoming comic-book about Holmes by Lionel Wigram, one of the movie’s producers.

Guy Ritchie, Mr. Madonna, is directing the film.

Posted by: Mark Pasetsky

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