May 9, 2013

— Like the pull from a looming planet, the first trailer for director Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity," starring actors George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts, is designed to draw in moviegoers.

The one-and-a-half minute teaser, which Warner Brothers Pictures released online Thursday (May 9), provides a first glimpse at the highly-anticipated film, which has been in development since 2010. "Gravity" is scheduled to launch into theaters on Oct. 4, on the anniversary of the launch of the world's first satellite.

In the film, Clooney plays Matt Kowalsky, an experienced astronaut commanding his last mission on board the space shuttle. His crew includes first-time mission specialist Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock), a medical engineer. According to a synopsis, the two astronauts are out performing a routine spacewalk when the space shuttle is destroyed and they are left stranded, with no way of communicating with Earth.

Continued here: Clooney and Bullock are astronauts in first "Gravity" movie trailer