Jon Favreau is best known as a director for Elf, Iron Man and Cowboys & Aliens, but he started out in the indie arena with Made, in which he starred with Vince Vaughn. Now he’s hoping to go back to independent film with Chef.

Variety reports that he’s is now in talks with financiers to write, direct and star in Chef. No plot details have been released, but Favreau came up with the idea himself, which is about an ’emotional chef’, played by the director, who is doing his very best to run his Los Angeles-based restaurant.

Favreau hasn’t completely given up on big budget films, as he’s still developing the likes of Magic Kingdom for Disney, but he’s hoping to slot in Chef as well, although there’s no news on when it might shoot.

Jon Favreau has become a big name in the directing field thanks to the Iron Man films (let’s just ignore Cowboys vs. Aliens), but he may go in a different direction soon, as Variety reports that he is being eyed as the top choice to direct the adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, Jersey Boys.

It doesn’t appear that an offer has been made to the filmmaker yet, but Favreau is currently at the top of the list, which is a surprise to many. Back in January John Logan (Hugo) was hired to write the screenplay adaptation, based on Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice’s musical, Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

The plot follows the meteoric rise of The Four Seasons. The pop group became an international sensation in the 1960s, with hit songs such as Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry and Walk Like a Man. There have been more that 2,500 performances of the musical since it opened on Broadway in 2005. It isn’t known when production may start on this big-screen musical or who might star.