Marc Guggenheim (Green Lantern, Arrow) has found his next writing gig. THR reports that he is in talks to pen the script for Warner Bros.' Perry Mason. The project is planned as a potential starring vehicle for Robert Downey Jr. Downey and his wife and producing partner Susan Downey are producing, along with Robert Cort. The concept was based on an original story by Downey and Team Downey president David Gambino.
The Perry Mason character is based on the original Erle Stanley Gardner character from his books. Raymond Burr played Mason on TV from 1957 to 1966. The film will be "set in the 1930s and feature characters such as Mason's secretary, Della Street, private investigator Paul Drake, and Mason's longtime courtroom nemesis, Hamilton Burger."