actor robert downey jr and filmmaker richard linklater are teaming up for an untitled feature which is based on the episode man of the people from gimlet medias reply all podcast the 51yearold actor will also produce the project under his team downey banner while linklater will helm him in a reallife con man storythe podcast tells the true story of two doctors dr john brinkley who scammed his way to fame and fortune using fake medicine populism and radio and dr morris fishbein the editor of the journal of the america medical association who goes on a decadelong quest to take brinkley down read alsohowever downey will next be seen as his marvel alterego iron man in this summers spiderman homecoming 0110robert downey jr shocks russian fans with iron man 3