Alfonso Cuarón, director of the fantastic Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Y tu mamá también, is gearing up for his next film, Gravity, a space thriller written by his son, Jonás.
A couple of weeks ago, it was reported that Angelina Jolie had passed on Wanted 2 in order to join the project. She was reportedly slated to play the sole survivor of a space mission, as well as her own daughter. Later that week, however, it looked as if she was looking at The Golden Suicides, penned by Bret Easton Ellis. In that project, she and James Franco would play the real-life couple Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake, who killed themselves after becoming paranoid regarding Scientologist persecution.
So where does that leave Gravity? Now the project has found its way to Warner Bros. as a 3D production and Robert Downey, Jr. is in negotiations to take the lead. This has also changed the plot slightly, as Downey, Jr. and a female colleague would be the only two survivors after a satellite explosion kills the rest of their team.
Now, there is still a possibility that Jolie will be the “female colleague” along with MDJ, but nothing has been confirmed. Also, although originally the studio had pulled the plug on Wanted 2, creator Mark Millar has said it will go on without Jolie.
This sounds like good news for both projects. Robert Downey, Jr. has the star-power to really give Gravity the extra push it needs to make it big. This shows that the studio has faith in the success of the film, which should prove to be an excellent thriller. Just think — Children of Men in space, in 3D.
