Alfonso Cuarón, (director of AtD favorite Children of Men), has a sci-fi space thriller in development called Gravity which will star Robert Downey Jr.
The film will be 60% CGI and the story was written by Cuarón's son, Jonás.
This new information comes from the website of the film's special-effects company Framestone, who have previously worked on Avatar, so we can expect some pretty good stuff CGI-wise.
The film will balance hybrid CG and live action, much like Avatar, and the opening shot alone is expected to be at least 20 minutes long. This is no surprise coming from Cuarón, who specializes in lengthy, intricate shots. One shot in Children of Men is about 8-minutes long and takes place in the middle of a battle scene.
Here's a little look at the plot, as taken from Framestone:
"...the film is a contemporary survival thriller that follows a woman as she attempts to make her way back to earth after a satellite crash sets off a chain reaction of further crashes. Because it’s set in space, most shots require every element to float in zero-gravity."
