Sonar pacts with Robert Downey Jr.

Actor Robert Downey Jr. will create scripted and unscripted programming for television and digital platforms through a pact with LA producer sonar Entertainment.

His indie prodco, Team Downey, which he operates with wife Susan Downey, is already working on Singularity, a series starring Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club).

Downey Jr. created the series and will direct the first episode should the series go to air.

Sonar will have a first look all Team Downey scripted and unscripted content, with the agreement similar to those the studio has recently struck with StoryBy Entertainment and George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures.

Team Downey currently has series in development such as Bodies for Hulu, TC-83 for Showtime and Warner Bros. Television’s Baghdad Country Club.