Robert Downey Jr. takes the lead in Spielberg’s Harvey?

In a Variety story about the dueling Lincoln-related films in development with Robert Redford and Steven Spielberg, Watermelons spots this line about the rumored casting for Harvey:

Spielberg is presently focusing on his “reimagining” of “Harvey,” with Robert Downey Jr. possibly playing the man who sees an invisible rabbit.

[Among our clever readers, Alan of Montreal was the first person to mention Robert Downey Jr as Elwood P. Dowd on August 3rd. A few days later when the discussion reignited, ASHLEY mentioned RDJ on August 18th and Pat included him on her list on August 19th. Check your mailboxes for your invisible prizes!]