Vertigo: Remake in the Works at Paramount with Robert Downey Jr. to Star

Robert Downey Jr., Jimmy Stewart in 'Vertigo' — Robert Downey Jr and Jimmy Stewart in Vertigo JON KOPALOFF/GETTY IMAGES; PARAMOUNT/COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION

Vertigo, Hitchcock’s masterpiece, may be getting a remake.

Paramount has acquired the remake rights to the 1958 movie, which starred Jimmy Stewart as an ex-police detective hired to follow a friend’s wife (Kim Novak) who has been acting erratically.

Robert Downey Jr. may star in the Stewart role, with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight tapped to write the screenplay. Downey and Susan Downey are attached to produce the project via Team Downey with John Davis and John Fox via Davis Entertainment.

Paramount released the original film, which was based on the French novel D’entre les morts.

Several Hitchcock films have been remade over the years, including Psycho and Rear Window.

Downey will next be seen in the Christopher Nolan movie Oppenheimer.

Vertigo: Remake of Hitchcock’s Masterpiece in the Works at Paramount with Robert Downey Jr. to Star in Jimmy Stewart Role

Vertigo: Remake in the Works at Paramount with Robert Downey Jr. to Star

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