It was beginning to look like Alfonso Cuaron’s 3D space thriller Gravity was having real problems leaving the launch pad, given all the back and forth around Angelina Jolie allegedly starring and then not. But now it appears to be back on track with word that Robert Downey Jr is ready to dock with the film.
Gravity, which was written by Cuaron with son Jonas, plans to feature Dosney Jr as the commander of a team working at a remote space station. Tragedy strikes when he and a female colleague are working outside the structure, and debris from a destroyed satellite kills most of their crewmates.
With time running out, the isolated pair must find a way to get back to Earth.
If all the deals work out, RDJ will shoot the film in London this summer, before sticking around to crank out another Sherlock Holmes with Guy Ritchie.