DreamWorks and Jon Favreau are in talks with Daniel Craig [DCRAI] to play the lead role in "Cowboys and Aliens" [CBALN] after Robert Downey Jr. ankled the project.
Craig has been offered the role of Zeke Johnson in the pic, based on the 2006 graphic novel about a group of Apache Indians and Western settlers who resolve to patch up their differences when an alien spaceship crash-lands in their city.
Reps for Craig said it was too early to comment on whether the actor would board "Cowboys and Aliens," which Favreau is directing. Project is written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
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