It is now official, Daniel Craig will star in the Jon Favreau directed 'Cowboys and Aliens' for DreamWorks and Universal. The 007 star was brought in after Robert Downey Jr. left the film to star in the recently announced Sherlock Holmes sequel.
Craig will play the lead, cowboy Zeke Jackson in an adaptation of Fred Van Lente's graphic novel that was published by Platinum Studios and revolves around cowboys and Native Americans who put aside their Old West differences to battle invading aliens. .