Gravity Information

Gravity is an upcoming drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The film stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as surviving astronauts in a damaged space station.

Cuarón wrote the screenplay with his son and attempted to develop the project at Universal Pictures. The project found traction at Warner Bros. instead and the studio approached multiple actresses before casting Bullock in the female lead role. Robert Downey, Jr. was also involved as the male lead before leaving the project and being replaced by Clooney.

Gravity will be released on October 4, 2013.

Cast

• Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone
• George Clooney as Matt Kowalsky

Production

Gravity is directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also wrote the screenplay with his son. The project was in development at Universal Pictures for several years, but the studio placed it in turnaround. Warner Bros. acquired the project, which in February 2010 attracted the attention of Angelina Jolie, who had rejected a sequel to Wanted. Later in the month, she passed on the project, partially because the studio did not want to pay her fee, which she had received for her latest two movies, $19 million for the Tourist and over $20 million for SALT, and because she wanted to work on directing her Bosnian war film, In the Land of Blood and Honey. In March, Robert Downey Jr. entered talks to be cast in the male lead role.

In mid-2010, Marion Cotillard tested for the female lead role. By August 2010, Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively were in the running for the role. In September, Cuarón received approval from Warner Bros. to offer the role without a screen test to Natalie Portman, who was being praised for her recently released film Black Swan. Portman passed on the project due to scheduling conflicts, and Warner Bros. then approached Sandra Bullock for the role. In November 2010, Downey Jr. left the project to star in How to Talk to Girls, a project in development with Shawn Levy attached to direct. In the following December, with Bullock signed for the lead role, George Clooney replaced Downey Jr. in the role.

Gravity has a production budget of and is being filmed digitally. It will be converted to 3D in post-production. Filming began in London in May 2011.

Release

Gravity was originally scheduled to be released on , 2012, however it has been re-scheduled for a 2013 release. The film will be released in 3D and IMAX 3D on October 4, 2013.