Downy, Ryder in talks for Allen film

Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder are in talks to join Woody Allen's next film, Daily Variety reported Thursday.

The picture is scheduled to shoot in the fall and will be distributed by Fox Searchlight.

Like all Allen films, the title, script and plot are being kept secret.

Both stars have been working to get over their past legal problems and have kept their dance cards relatively full.

Downey next stars in "The Singing Detective" for Paramount Classics and also stars in the thriller "Gothika" from French director Mathieu Kassovitz, which is in post-production at Warner Brothers Pictures.

Ryder next stars in Milos Forman's "Embers," opposite Sean Connery, based on the novel of the same name by Sandor Marai, and she is attached to Robert Altman's war drama, "The Widow Claire."

Allen's newest film, the Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci vehicle, "Anything Else," will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August.