Downey Jr and Linklater collaborating again!

Filmmaker Richard Linklater will be directing actor Robert Downey Jr. in a film based on a real-life con man. The yet to be titled film is based on the episode "Man of the People" from digital media company and podcast network Gimlet Media's podcast Reply All.

The podcast tells the true story of John Brinkley, who scammed his way to fame using fake medicine, populism and radio, and Morris Fishbein, the editor of the Journal of the America Medical Association, who goes on a decade-long quest to take Brinkley down. Megan Ellison will produce for motion picture company Annapurna Pictures. Linklater will co-produce along with Gimlet Media.