Anne Hathaway is getting her “Gravity” on. The Oscar winner has signed on to star in “O2,” a “contained thriller with sci-fi elements” that Deadline compares to 2014’s “Gravity,” led by Sandra Bullock, and the 2010 Ryan Reynolds-starrer “Buried.” Like those two pics, “O2” will focus primarily on a single performer.
Penned by Christie LeBlanc, the project sees Hathaway playing a woman who
“wakes up inside a cryogenic chamber, with no memory of how she got there. She must escape the chamber before her air runs out,” Deadline summarizes.
A director isn’t attached yet. Hathaway is among the project’s producers. She’s joined by Suzan Bymel (“Designated Survivor”), Echo Lake’s Adam Riback and James Engle, and IM Global’s Stuart Ford and Greg Shapiro.
The source describes the amazing story behind LeBlanc’s script: The single mother from Quebec sent “O2” unsolicited to Riback and Engle and the Echo Lake team helped develop subsequent drafts with her. The script eventually landed on the 2016 Black List.
Hathaway seems to be gravitating towards roles that put a lot of work squarely on her shoulders. The “Les Misérables” actress is attached to star in and produce a movie version of the play “Grounded.” She appeared in a New York production of the single-actor drama at the Public Theater, which was directed by Julie Taymor. Her performance earned her a nomination for a Critics Circle Award. “Grounded” tells the story of a conflicted American Air Force pilot tasked with operating an unmanned drone.
Her other upcoming projects include heist thriller “Ocean’s Eight,” an adaptation of Jenny Mollen’s best-selling book “Live Fast, Die Hot,” and “The Lifeboat,” a crime drama directed by “Mustang” helmer Deniz Gamze Ergüven.
