Source: Deadline New York
Robert Downey Jr. has become something of Sci-Fi / Action wonder child in the last two years, with two franchises (Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes) and a Oscar nominated turn in Tropic Thunder having pushed his star to the skies and beyond. Though he pulled out of another sure-to-be genre hit, DreamWorks’ Cowboys and Aliens, just a few months back, he’s now looking to continue the streak with Gravity, a new 3D space film to be directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures will co-finance the high concept production, which was written by Cuaron and his son Jonas. Downey will play the leader of a team posted at a remote space station. While he and a female colleague are traveling outside the space station, the other team members are decimated by debris from an exploded satellite.
They’ll will shoot the film in London this summer, finishing in time to re-team with director Guy Ritchie and Jude Law in the Sherlock Holmes sequel that will shoot early fall, also in London.
