Gravity

[LynxFX]

Originally Posted by MyBlu-rayBrotherEd

Now THAT's someone they should clone!

Michael Bay already did in The Island.

[SquidPuppet]

Will she be blue?

[MyBlu-rayBrotherEd]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Michael Bay already did in The Island.

Well, they should do it again. For real this time.

[Batman1980]

I hate to admit it because I used to be a HUGE Angelina fan but this makes me want to see it more, Scarlett Reynolds is one of the hottest women alive.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I hate to admit it because I used to be a HUGE Angelina fan but this makes me want to see it more, Scarlett Reynolds is one of the hottest women alive.

They aren't married.

[vegeta88]

Jolie is a No Go

Angelina Jolie is not interested in visiting outer space.

At least, she's not interested in going into outer space with Alfonso Cuaron and Robert Downey Jr., having turned down an offer for a second time to star in their 3D sci-fi film Gravity.

Deadline reports that the Warner Bros. picture is "suddenly in danger of falling back to Earth after [the actress] said no to a full court press and a big money offer to star in the film." And this is a problem for all involved, as the part she would play reportedly is like Tom Hanks' Cast Away character in that she is the only person onscreen for most of the movie. "The studio needs an actress who can hold the screen and draw an audience to an $80 million film," says the site. "Beyond Jolie, which other actress do you bet on?"

If Jolie is considered the only gal in town who can handle such a part, one must wonder whether or not Hollywood is fundamentally broken on some level.

After she passed on the film the first time around, the studio "tested or met with" Sandra Bullock, Natalie Portman, Marion Cotillard, Naomi Watts, Carey Mulligan, Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Abbie Cornish, Rebecca Hall, Olivia Wilde and Blake Lively. To name a few. And yet they still went back to Jolie again, who has now passed on the project once more.

Gravity is set on a distant space station whose population is wiped out, save for Downey Jr.'s character and the female lead. The gist of the film is the heroine's Ripley-esque attempts to get back home to her child.

Where this leaves Gravity is unclear. The intention had been to shoot next year… though that date is surely weighing heavily on those involved right now.

Fine by me. I am not a fan of Jolie. I vote Charlize Theron; she can draw in an audience and is a very good actress.

[CYMBOL]

Looking forward to this movie - sounds cool so far.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by CYMBOL

Looking forward to this movie - sounds cool so far.

Of the other girls mentioned I wouldn't mind seeing Cotillard, Watts or Johansson get a crack at it.

[Batman1980]

Please update OP

Last week, we reported the troubling news that Angelina Jolie had passed on the lead role in Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi film Gravity and that the lack of a bankable lead-actress threw the entire project’s future into existence. Now, Risky Business is reporting the exciting news that Natalie Portman has been offered the lead. While Deadline reported that Portman was one of the actresses who tested/was approached for the role, Risky says that Portman’s critically-acclaimed performance in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan got her a green light from Warner Bros. and that she was offered the role without having to screen test for it. Portman is expected to read the latest version of the script this week and then make her decision. Hopefully, she says “Yes.”

Hit the jump to learn more about Gravity. Black Swan has received rave reviews at the Telluride and Venice Film Festivals. »

Source - IMDb

[vegeta88]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Please update OP

Source - IMDb

I am all for that
Natalie Portman is one of my favorite actors. Having a film where she is nearly the only person sounds great.

[jvince]

Acclaimed visual auteur Guillermo Del Toro recently sat down with MTV cameras to have a chat about a number of topics, and during the discussion talk turned to Children of Men director Alfonso Cuaron’s upcoming astronaut thriller Gravity. Whatever Cuaron is doing while filming this one seems to be the talk of the town, as he couldn’t help but gush at how blown away both he and big-time director and technophile James Cameron are with the technical aspects of Cuaron’s production.

Keeping up with the stuttered sentence structure and charming accent is a little rough when trying for a transcript, but I think I’ve pulled most of the money quotes out of the interview. Del Toro starts by saying, “I think what is incredible about what they did is, they talked to David Fincher, they talked to Jim Cameron… I connected Jim and Alfonso for that… And what Alfonso is trying, is so insane. And Jim said, ‘Well look, what you’re trying is about five years into the future.’ When James said that it’s too early to try anything that crazy… they did it.”

So apparently there’s some sort of future tech going on with this movie, but what exactly is Cuaron doing that is so groundbreaking? Del Toro wouldn’t reveal the details, and only said, “I think he would kill me if I reveal, and in time it will be so publicized, but I think that in the way that he pushed the narrative on Children of Men… now in the lexicon of filmmaking some people say, ‘let’s do a Children of Men’ and you know what they’re talking about. Alfonso and Emmanuel Lubezki are absolutely pushing a new boundary in filmmaking: completely mind-blowing. And the way they’re making that movie I think will forever change certain types of productions. The engineering and the ingenuity of the machines they’ve created to film that way is fantastic.”

I count myself as one of the people that was amazed and delighted by the CG assisted long takes in Children of Men, so this vague but exciting praise has me excited to see what Cuaron could come up with when taking that approach to the next level. And if I wasn’t pumped up by this glowing endorsement from Del Toro enough already, he ends the talk by calling Cuaron’s current approach to shooting films “Kubrickian in precision.” Alright Guillermo, that’s enough, you got me.

Gravity has now shot to the very top of my must watch list; even though Cuaron couldn’t get any actresses other than Sandra Bullock to be in it.

Source: Film School Rejects

[Foggy]

I thought this film died...it's good it hasn't

[csdot]

cant wait for this, sounds like its going to be incredible.

[rkolinski]

"Gravity" Teaser Trailer

Gravity (2012) - Official Teaser Trailer [HD] - YouTube

"Gravity is a 2012 American science fiction thriller 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 is scheduled to be released on November 29, 2012."

[toddly6666]

Awful teaser, but hopefully it will be good. This is the type of film that will benefit 3D (underwater scenes and outerspace scenes have no borders).

[Walts Ghost]

Gravity Thread

[Zero_Cool]

I can't really judge it just by this teaser.

Didn't this movie have casting issues? They went threw 3-4 different people within a few days/weeks.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Zero_Cool

I can't really judge it just by this teaser.

Didn't this movie have casting issues? They went threw 3-4 different people within a few days/weeks.

But I can judge the teaser, it's a pile of crap. Seriously, it's some 2 images flashing and some moody music, I question if it's real

EDIT: The teaser above is from November last year, I'd call that offical fake

[Taipan]

Is Disney involved in the marketing for this?

That teaser was horrible.

I am very interested in this though. I love this guys work.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Taipan

Is Disney involved in the marketing for this?

That teaser was horrible.

I am very interested in this though. I love this guys work.

It's fake