Alfred Hitchcock's ‘Vertigo’ remake in the works, Robert Downey Jr. eying lead role

Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 classic "Vertigo" is getting a remake with Robert Downey Jr circling the lead role. According to entertainment news outlet Deadline, studio Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights for the remake, which would be produced by Downey Jr and his wife Susan Downey through their banner Team Downey. Downey Jr, best known for his stint as Tony Stark aka Iron Man in many Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, will next feature in filmmaker Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer". The British screenwriter earlier wrote the scripts for David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises", Brad Pitt-starrer "Allied" and "Spencer", which featured Kristen Stewart as the late Princess Diana.