Robert Downey Jr.'s 'Due Date'

This just in from AFP:

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Oscar-nominee Robert Downey Jr. is to star opposite Zach Galifianakis in a comedy about an expectant father scrambling to get to the birth of his first child, it was reported Monday.

Downey, nominated for an Academy Award this year for his performance in "Tropic Thunder," will play the father in "Due Date," while Galifianakis ("The Hangover") will play his mismatched travel partner, Daily Variety reported.

The film, due to start production later this year, will be directed by "The Hangover's" Todd Phillips. Phillips told Variety the film was a "a buddy comedy without the buddies."

No doubt in our mind the Downey is among the finest actors of his generation. We haven't seen a movie of his in which he did not shine. Just hope he stays clean and sober.