George Clooney is currently in competition with James Franco for the prize of hardest working actor in Hollywood. His role in Alexander Payne’s next featureAlexander Payne(he was one of the director’s original choices for Sideways) is now complete and the film is in post-production, he’s prepping his forth directorial effort The Ides of March (formally [...]
Robert Downey Jr. Leaves Cuaron’s Gravity, George Clooney Enters
December 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
It seems a little impolite to keep posting about the curious casting for Alfonso Cuaron’s troubled spacebound disaster movie Gravity, but following what could have been the death knell for the project the vacant spot for the leading man has been filled. Robert Downey Jr. was a mainstay in the film’s preparation while various A-List [...]
Robert Downey Jr. Leaves Cuaron’s Gravity, Wants to Talk to Girls
November 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Alfonso Cuaron’s spacebound survival movie Gravity has lost its leading man, as THR reports that Robert Downey Jr. has left the project. After a number of leading ladies first attached, then drifted away from the project (Angelina Jolie and Natalie Portman to name just two) Sandra Bullock stepped up to take the main role of [...]
Gravity’s Downfall Continues – Robert Downey Jr To Leave the Project?
October 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s a sad day when an original and engaging script from a talented director fails to find an easy passage to the big screen. If this rumour from Deadline is true, and Robert Downey Jr.’s schedule is making his co-starring role in Alfonso Cuaron’s 3D space survival film Gravity looking increasingly unlikely, then it may [...]
Fox Wants Natalie Portman for Alien Prequel?
October 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
News comes in from Vulture that 20th Century Fox are happy with the latest draft of Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel, as penned by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, plus the top name on the studio’s casting list is Natalie Portman. She’s been linked to Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi drama Gravity of late, although it doesn’t appear that [...]
Sandra Bullock Next in Line for Gravity if Natalie Portman Declines?
September 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It was reported last week that an offer had been made to Natalie Portman – on the back of her acclaimed performance in Black Swan – to star in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, after Angelina Jolie turned down the role, twice. While Portman has yet to read the script and accept the offer, it seems studio executive [...]
Terence Malick Wants Natalie Portman for Untitled Jerry Lee Lewis Film?
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Despite having just been offered the lead role in Alfonso Cuarón’s hotly-contested Gravity, it seems another high-profile director is eyeing Natalie Portman for a role in his next film. The film in question is “a Jerry Lee Lewis-related project”, that was originally set up years ago with Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder in the lead roles, [...]
Natalie Portman Will be Feeling the Pull of ‘Gravity’
September 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
It looks like the planets have aligned for director Alfonso Cuaron as he finally finds a lead for his sci-fi thriller Gravity. News comes in from The Hollywood Reporter that Natalie Portman has signed up for the role of a stranded astronaut who has to survive all alone on a deserted space station. The role [...]
Rachel Weisz to Save Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity?
September 5, 2010 By 10 Comments
It was confirmed on Thursday that Angelina Jolie had declined the offer to star in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, leaving the casting directors, and indeed, Warner Bros. executives, with a bit of a headache. The lead actress needs to be able to carry an $80 million sci-fi film, as they’ll be the only person on screen for [...]
Angelina Jolie Leaves “Gravity” in Free-Fall
September 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Despite Warner Bros’ apparently increasingly desperate attempts to persuade Angelina Jolie to join their new sci-fi adventure “Gravity”, she has conclusively decided that she will not be joining the film, leaving WB with a bit of a headache. Gravity (to be directed by Alfonso Cuaron) is a relatively high-budget film ($80m), set aboard a space station [...]
Blake Lively Joins Scarlett Johansson in Race for Cuaron’s Gravity
August 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
Previously on The Casting Saga of Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi survival thriller Gravity… Universal had Angelina Jolie in the title role of a stranded astronaut trying to survive the return to Earth, the script was written by the Brothers Cuaron, with Alfonso taking the turn in the director’s chair. Anyone familiar with his astonishing adaptation of [...]
Scarlett Johansson Orbits Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity
July 23, 2010 By 1 Comment
In February it was reported, by various sources, that Angelina Jolie was in talks to star in Alfonso Cuaron’s upcoming sci-fi adventure, Gravity. Then, in March we reported that Robert Downey Jr had been cast to compensate for the departure of Jolie. Now, according to the NY Daily News reports (via Bleeding Cool), Robert Downey [...]
Robert Downey Jr. Succumbs to Cuarón’s Gravity
March 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Alfonso Cuaron’s forthcoming sci-fi drama Gravity has been garnering a lot of attention recently, and now we’ve learned some great casting news that will surely increase this film’s momentum to the big screen. Previously Angelina Jolie was attached to star in the Children of Men director’s tale of a team of a remote space station [...]
