Space Holder

After weeks of casting ins ans outs Sandra Bullock will indeed play the female lead  in the Alfonso Cuaron's sci-fi epic Gravity.

Now, Deadline reports that previously cast Robert Downey Jr may have to drop out of the project thanks to the time it took to cast Bullock

In the pic Bullock and Downey are astronauts from an orbital space station who're out in a shuttle conducting repairs when an exploded asteroid wipes out the station. She is determined to find her way back to Earth and her daughter

If Downey were to exit it would be a blow but not necessarily a fatal one since the role is very much a supporting character and requires an actor to do only three weeks worth of work

The studio suits have denied claims Downey will leave the project, saying they hope to work out any scheduling problems, while Bullock wants to keep RDJ in orbit on the film.as well

Cuaron will direct and co-wrote the script with his son Jonás