1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comElizabeth Grunewald Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/elizabethgrunewald/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vcDrfVVaHh"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/robert-downey-jr-to-play-brilliant-bespectacled-dog/">Robert Downey Jr to Play Brilliant, Bespectacled Dog</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/robert-downey-jr-to-play-brilliant-bespectacled-dog/embed/#?secret=vcDrfVVaHh" width="600" height="338" title="“Robert Downey Jr to Play Brilliant, Bespectacled Dog” — The Escapist" data-secret="vcDrfVVaHh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The Sherlock Holmes star will lend his voice to one of Jay Ward’s beloved Rocky and Bullwinkle characters. DreamWorks is making a feature film version of “Peabody’s Improbable History,” from the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons of the 1960s, and director Rob Minkoff (The Lion King, Stuart Little) has found the voice for his pup protagonist in Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes). Entertainment Weekly reports that “the project was just announced internally to the DreamWorks staff,” and so not much is known, but the details that are available are pretty exciting. The filmmakers debated using some CGI/live-action hybrid nonsense, […]