HBO and Team Downey have found their Perry Mason, with Emmy winner Matthew Rhys (The Americans) signing on to portray the character in a new limited series. Perry Mason was originally set up by Robert Downey Jr. and Nic Pizzolatto (True Detective) as a starring vehicle for the actor, only for Downey’s feature film commitments […]
Robert Downey Jr. will no longer star in Perry Mason reboot
Back in August of 2016 it was announced that Robert Downey Jr.’s Team Downey was teaming up with HBO for a TV reboot of Perry Mason – a project that Downey was originally developing as a feature at Warner Bros. back in 2011. Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour, HBO President Casey Bloys […]
Robert Downey Jr.’s Perry Mason reboot gets new writers
In August of last year, it was announced that Robert Downey Jr. was teaming with True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto for a reboot of the classic legal drama Perry Mason, with Downey set to take on the role made famous by Raymond Burr. However, with Pizzolatto’s focus now on a third season of True Detective, Deadline […]
