Since he and his wife set up their production company, Team Downey, ealrier this year, Robert Downey Jr. has been snapping up a slew of potential projects. Now Warner Bros. has acquired Adam Gigbot’s pitch The Accidental Genius for Robert Downey Jr. (and his company) to produce and star in.
Deadline reports that the story follows an average man who slips into a coma and awakens with genius-level intelligence. He keeps having visions of a unique symbol, which only a former prodigy recognises. The two men pair up to try and solve this mystery, which could change the fate of the world. The title refers to an extremely rare medical condition where trauma victims awaken with heightened intelligence.
It’s an intriguing premise, although a story about someone suddenly becoming more intelligent isn’t exactly original. We’ll have to wait and see whether this has something a bit more to offer.
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